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{{short description|1974 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Percy's Progress
| image = Percy's Progress (1974) Film Poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = [[Film poster]]
| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]]
| writer = [[Sid Colin]] [[Harry H. Corbett]] [[Ian La Frenais]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Leigh Lawson]] [[Elke Sommer]] [[Judy Geeson]] [[Denholm Elliott]] [[Adrienne Posta]] [[Julie Ege]] [[Vincent Price]]
| music = [[Tony Macaulay]]
| cinematography = [[Tony Imi]]
| editing = Roy Watts
| distributor = [[EMI Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1974 }}
| runtime =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''Percy's Progress''''' is a 1974 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]]. It was written by [[Sid Colin]], [[Harry H. Corbett]] and [[Ian La Frenais]]. It was released in the United States under the title ''It's Not the Size That Counts''. The US version of the film includes several additional scenes shot by the American distributor, which include an opening scene of a penis transplant operation, and a scene in which a dwarf is seen jumping out of a woman's bed, leaving her to say the film's American title, "It's not the size that counts."<ref>http://img182.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76302_dwarf1_123_95lo.JPG {{Bare URL image|date=March 2022}}</ref> The dwarf in question was Luis De Jesus, the star of the infamous ''[[Blood Sucking Freaks]]''.

[[Harry H. Corbett]]'s character was closely modelled on British prime minister [[Harold Wilson]], down to using well-known Wilson phrases such as "thirteen years of Tory misrule" and speaking with a distinct [[Yorkshire]] accent.

The film is a sequel to ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'', which was itself based on a novel of the same name by [[Raymond Hitchcock (author)|Raymond Hitchcock]].

==Synopsis==

Percy is known in England as the man who had the world's first penis transplant, and is exceptionally well endowed. His rampant conquests of married women cause him to escape incarceration by local authorities.

A chemical is accidentally released into the world's water supply rendering all men impotent. Percy is unaware that he is the only man on earth who can achieve an erection because he was in hiding from the law at sea, drinking nothing but champagne.

When Percy goes ashore to relieve his year-long sexual tension at a brothel, he gains the attention of the British press and subsequently the British government, who then want to use him to repopulate the world. An international pageant is held to find each country's "Miss Conception" representative. At the same time, a team of doctors work to find an antidote to the effects of "P.S.- 123".

==Cast==
* [[Leigh Lawson]] as Percy Edward Anthony
* [[Elke Sommer]] as Clarissa
* [[Denholm Elliott]] as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread
* [[Judy Geeson]] as Dr. Fairweather
* [[Harry H. Corbett]] as Prime Minister
* [[Vincent Price]] as Stavos Mammonian
* [[Adrienne Posta]] as PC 217 (Iris)
* [[Julie Ege]] as Miss Hanson
* [[Barry Humphries]] as Dr. Anderson/Australian TV Lady
* [[James Booth]] as Jeffcot
* [[Milo O'Shea]] as Dr. Klein
* [[Ronald Fraser (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] as Bleeker
* [[Anthony Andrews]] as Catchpole
* [[Bernard Lee]] as Barraclough
* [[Madeline Smith]] as Miss UK
*[[Judy Matheson]] as Maria
* [[Alan Lake]] as Derry Hogan
* [[George Coulouris]] as Professor Godowski
* [[Jenny Hanley]] as Miss Teenage Lust
* [[Carol Hawkins]] as Maggie
* [[T. P. McKenna]] as News Editor
* [[Anthony Sharp]] as Judge
* [[Alan Tilvern]] as General Dodds
* [[Minah Bird]] as Miss America
* Luis De Jesus as the Dwarf (additional American footage)

==Production and reception==
Betty Box said they only agreed with [[Nat Cohen]] to make a sequel to ''Percy'' if he financed ''The Reckless Years'', a film of the Byron-Shelley story. However, Cohen reneged on the deal once ''Percy's Progress'' was made.<ref>Betty Box, ''Lifting the Lid'', 2000 p. 281</ref>

[[Alexander Walker (critic)|Alexander Walker]] wrote in his ''[[Evening Standard]]'' column in 1974 that the film is "just about the deepest depth ever plumbed by the once considerable and now nearly contemptible British film industry in its resolute search for the lowest kind of taste among the thickest kind of people."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/alexander-walker-835vhcp3bj2|title=Alexander Walker|work=The Times|date=16 July 2003|access-date=3 June 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

The film's [[B movie]] was the short crime drama ''Poor Billy Render'' starring [[Vicki Michelle]], [[Garfield Morgan]] and [[Tony Selby]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0071677}}

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[[Category:Films directed by Ralph Thomas]]
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[[Category:Films produced by Betty Box]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Ian La Frenais]]
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