No Sex Please, We're British is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen, and starring Ronnie Corbett, Ian Ogilvy, Susan Penhaligon, and Arthur Lowe. It was based on the 1971 play No Sex Please, We're British, with multiple changes in the film adaptation. Synopsis Runnicles, a clerk in a small-town British bank (openly depicted in the film as the branch of Barclays Bank in Windsor High Street), is horrified when a package arrives containing pornography, rather than the new calculator he expected. His efforts to dispose of it, while avoiding detection, turn into a farcical series of events involving a bank inspector, the police, and a local criminal to whom the pornography actually belongs. Cast Ronnie Corbett – Brian Runnicles Ian Ogilvy – David Hunter Susan Penhaligon – Penny Hunter Beryl Reid – Bertha Hunter Arthur Lowe – Mr Bromley Michael Bates – Mr Needham Cheryl Hall – Daphne Martin David Swift – Inspector Paul Deryck Guyler – Park keeper Valerie Leon – Susan Margaret Nolan – Barbara Gerald Sim – Reverend Mower John Bindon – Pete Stephen Greif – Niko Michael Robbins – Car driver Frank Thornton – Glass Shop Manager Michael Ripper – Traffic warden Lloyd Lamble – American man Mavis Villiers – American lady Sydney Bromley – Rag & Bone Man Brian Wilde – Policeman in park Eric Longworth – Man with Lighter Edward Sinclair – Postman Fred Griffiths as Delivery Man Lucy Griffiths as Spinster Lady Robin Askwith – Baker's delivery man Critical reception Writing in 1979, at the time of the American release, The New York Times reviewer commented: "In its own way, it is well done ... (with) its simple-minded and by now rather outdated double and triple entendres." TV Guide said: "A pleasing performance from Corbett ... saves this otherwise average British farce from the usual doldrums." References External links 1973 films 1973 comedy films 1973 in England British comedy films Films about sexual repression Films directed by Cliff Owen Films shot at Pinewood Studios Films set in Windsor, Berkshire Columbia Pictures films 1970s English-language films 1970s British films