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{{Infobox film
| name = Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
| image = Sirhenrywebsite.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Steve Roberts
| producer = [[Tony Stratton-Smith]] Spencer Tandy
| writer = [[Vivian Stanshall]] and Steve Roberts
| narrator = Vivian Stanshall
| starring = [[Trevor Howard]] [[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]] [[Denise Coffey]] [[J. G. Devlin]] [[Harry Fowler]] [[Sheila Reid]] [[Jeremy Child]] [[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]]
| music = Vivian Stanshall
| cinematography = Martin Bell
| editing = Chris Rose
| distributor = [[Digital Classics DVD]]
| released = {{Film date|1980}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''Sir Henry at Rawlinson End''''' is a 1980 British film based on the eponymous character created by [[Vivian Stanshall]] (see [[Rawlinson End]], [[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (recording)]]). It stars [[Trevor Howard]] as Sir Henry and Stanshall himself as Henry's brother Hubert. Unusually, the film was released in [[sepia tone|sepia-toned]] monochrome. After a long wait, while the film obtained cult status, it was finally released on DVD in 2006. The bonuses include a commentary track with the director, Steve Roberts, as well as [[Sheila Reid]] (Aunt Florrie) and [[Jeremy Child]] (Peregrine Maynard), as well as a picture gallery, synopsis, the script of unfilmed scenes, and actor biographies.

==Plot==
The plot of Sir Henry at Rawlinson End revolves around attempts to exorcise the ghost of Humbert, the brother of drunken aristocrat Sir Henry (Trevor Howard) who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident whilst escaping trouserless from an illicit tryst. It transpires that Humbert's ghost will not rest until it is supplied with replacement trousers. Until then the ghost walks the corridors of Rawlinson End, often accompanied by that of Humbert's dog Gums which has repossessed its own body, now stuffed and mounted on a trolley.

Amongst the eccentric family members, mad friends and grudgingly loyal servants involved are Hubert, Henry's other (earthworm fixated) brother, the eternally knitting Aunt Florrie, the [[tapeworm]]-obsessed Mrs. E, Lady Philippa of Staines ([[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]]), who enjoys the odd 'small' sherry and the ever-present Old Scrotum, Sir Henry's wrinkled retainer.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Trevor Howard]] as Sir Henry Rawlinson
*[[Patrick Magee (actor)|Patrick Magee]] as Slodden
*[[Denise Coffey]] as Mrs E
*[[Vivian Stanshall]] as Hubert Rawlinson
*[[Sheila Reid]] as Florrie Rawlinson
*[[Suzanne Danielle]] as Candice Rawlinson
*[[J. G. Devlin]] as Old Scrotum
*[[Gary Waldhorn]] as Max
*[[Daniel Gerroll]] as Ralph Rawlinson
*[[Ben Aris]] as Lord Tarquin of Staines
*[[Liz Smith (actress)|Liz Smith]] as Lady Philippa
*[[Harry Fowler]] as Buller Bullethead
*Michael Crane (actor) as Humbert Rawlinson
*[[Simon Jones (actor)|Simon Jones]] as Joachim
*[[Jeremy Child]] as Peregrin Maynard
*[[Talfryn Thomas]] as Teddy Tidy
*[[Ian McDiarmid]] as Reg Smeeton
}}

==Press==
* 'It's impossible to do justice to the film's arrant and quite unique lunacy.' – ''[[The Financial Times]]''
* 'Sir Henry is a comic masterpiece.' – ''[[NME]]''
* 'This extraordinary film is one of the most haphazard British comedies I've seen. It is also a long time since I've laughed so much... a cult in the making.' – ''[[The Guardian]]''
* 'You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll jab your eyes with fingers still trembling from the trauma of being made a child again. You'll jab your eyes just to check you've just seen what you think you've seen.... Sir Henry is a film to be experienced as closely and seriously and often as possible, a work of art that should sink under the skin and into the bones and do its good work like vitamins and ([[Captain Beefheart]]'s) ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]''. I can't recommend it highly enough so I won't even start. It's out there if you want it. And in here (tap skull and chest) whether you want it or not, Englander pig dog. A talking picture. And what could be more wonderful than that?' – ''[[Plan B (magazine)|Plan B]]''
* 'It wouldn't be a million miles wide of the mark to call "Sir Henry at Rawlinson End" a missing link between [[Monty Python]] and "[[Withnail & I]]", but as the brainchild of Vivian Stanshall - pack leader of the [[Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band]] - it has a place in the pantheon of sophisticated English silliness all of its own.' ***** – ''[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]]''
* 'Although it truly is in the grand wazoo of weird, the film remains surprisingly unknown and unscreened since its release in 1980. I remember a grainy VHS furtively passed around at school, and even this clear as a bell DVD version feels a bit naughty... The movie equivalent of cheese before bed, this film guarantees nightmares, but in a good way.' – ''[[The Big Issue]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0081520|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End}}

[[Category:1980 films]]
[[Category:1980 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films set in country houses]]
[[Category:Works by Vivian Stanshall]]
[[Category:1980s English-language films]]
[[Category:1980s British films]]

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