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{{Infobox film
| name = Rising Damp
| image = "Rising_Damp"_(film).jpg
| image_size =
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| alt =
| caption = UK theatrical poster by [[Tom Beauvais]]
| director = [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]]
| producer = [[Roy Skeggs]]
| screenplay = [[Eric Chappell]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Rising Damp]]''|Eric Chappell}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
*[[Leonard Rossiter]]
*[[Frances de la Tour]]
*[[Don Warrington]]
*[[Christopher Strauli]]
}}
| music = [[David Lindup]]
| cinematography = Frank Watts
| editing = [[Peter Weatherly]]
| studio =
| distributor = * [[ITC Entertainment]] (theatrical release)
* Acorn Media ([[DVD-Video]])
| released = {{Film date|1980|5|3|df=y|United Kingdom}}
| runtime = 98 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Rising Damp''''' is a 1980 [[comedy film]] based on the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[situation comedy]] ''[[Rising Damp]]'', which aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from [[Eric Chappell]]'s stage play ''The Banana Box''. Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the [[screenplay]] for this [[feature film]]. The film's director was [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]].

[[Leonard Rossiter]] plays Rupert Rigsby, the middle-aged landlord of a decrepit townhouse. Rigsby has fallen for his only female tenant, Ruth Jones ([[Frances de la Tour]]). Ruth, however, prefers Philip, who is much younger, more attractive, and more sophisticated than either Rigsby or she. Philip ([[Don Warrington]]) is not especially interested in Ruth, but he eggs Rigsby on in order to humiliate him.

In adapting the television series to film, the setting was changed from [[Yorkshire]] to inner-city London. As [[Richard Beckinsale]] had died the year before, his character of Alan was rewritten with [[Christopher Strauli]] cast as a new character, art student John. The character of Alan is briefly referred to as having left Rigsby's house.

For her performance as Ruth Jones, Frances da la Tour received an [[Evening Standard British Film Award|''Evening Standard'' British Film Award]] in the category of "Best Actress".

==Cast==
*[[Leonard Rossiter]] as Rigsby
*[[Frances de la Tour]] as Miss Jones
*[[Don Warrington]] as Philip Smith
*[[Christopher Strauli]] as John Harris
*[[Denholm Elliott]] as Charles Seymour
*Carrie Jones as Sandra Cooper
*[[Glynn Edwards]] as Mr. Cooper
*[[John Cater]] as Bert
*[[Derek Griffiths]] as Alec
*[[Ronnie Brody]] as Italian Waiter
*[[Alan Clare]] as Accordionist
*[[Pat Roach]] as Rugby Player
*[[Jonathan Cecil]] as Boutique Assistant
*[[Bill Dean]] as Workman

==Critical reception==
A reviewer for ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote that the film "[demonstrates] that moderately droll TV boarding-house sitcoms ought not to be stretched to 98 minutes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/rising-damp |title=Rising Damp | review, synopsis, book tickets, showtimes, movie release date | Time Out London |publisher=Timeout.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref>

David Parkinson wrote in the ''[[Radio Times]]'', "the absence of [[Richard Beckinsale]] does much to sap the enjoyment of this decent movie version of the enduring television sitcom. [[Eric Chappell]]...overwrites to compensate and the film suffers from too many padded scenes and too few hilarious situations. Newcomer [[Denholm Elliott]] looks a tad out of place alongside regulars [[Frances de la Tour]] and [[Don Warrington]], but he makes a solid foil for the magnificent [[Leonard Rossiter]], who pursues his romantic quest with a seedy chivalry that both disgusts and amuses."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/xhcq/rising-damp |title=Rising Damp | Film review and movie reviews |publisher=Radio Times |date= |accessdate=2014-03-25}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Man About the House (film)|''Man About the House'' (film)]]
* [[Are You Being Served? (film)|''Are You Being Served?'' (film)]]
* [[Porridge (film)|''Porridge'' (film)]]

==External links==
* {{AllMovie title |132413 |Rising Damp}}
* {{IMDb title|0081431|Rising Damp}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes |rising_damp_the_movie |Rising Damp}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Joseph McGrath (director)}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1970s]]
[[Category:Films directed by Joseph McGrath (film director)]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]

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