White Cargo (Original title)Albert's Follies (Working title)
Date: 1973 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ray Selfe
Synopsis: Comedy. A clumsy nobody, Albert Toddey, becomes involved in the search for a girl named Stella, whom he has witnessed getting fired from a Soho strip-club. He finds that she has been abducted by a gang of white slave traders led by the evil Dudley Fox, who operates out of a country mansion, The Grange, Upper Woldingham. There Fox has several other girls chained up too, ready for transportation by van to the English coast, and then by ship to Africa. Albert keeps imagining himself solving each problem with the suave aplomb of a James Bond-type hero, whereas in reality his bumbling keeps solving nothing. After a showdown in a dockside warehouse, Albert and Stella (who is really an undercover policewoman) manage to save the day. Albert is rewarded with a job as a concierge at police headquarters, but he is not very good even at that.
Genres: Comedy, Sex comedy
Subjects: Slave trades, Showgirls, Heroism
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v41 n481 February 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10026 7 Apr 1973 Page: 13
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10026 7 Apr 1973: no known title]Language: English
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Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-193352
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 1973 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ray Selfe
Synopsis: Comedy. A clumsy nobody, Albert Toddey, becomes involved in the search for a girl named Stella, whom he has witnessed getting fired from a Soho strip-club. He finds that she has been abducted by a gang of white slave traders led by the evil Dudley Fox, who operates out of a country mansion, The Grange, Upper Woldingham. There Fox has several other girls chained up too, ready for transportation by van to the English coast, and then by ship to Africa. Albert keeps imagining himself solving each problem with the suave aplomb of a James Bond-type hero, whereas in reality his bumbling keeps solving nothing. After a showdown in a dockside warehouse, Albert and Stella (who is really an undercover policewoman) manage to save the day. Albert is rewarded with a job as a concierge at police headquarters, but he is not very good even at that.
Genres: Comedy, Sex comedy
Subjects: Slave trades, Showgirls, Heroism
Credits
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Production Company: Border Film Productions, Producer: Negus-Fancey, Associate Producer: Mervyn Collard, Production Manager: George Fowler, Post-production Supervisor: Peter Austen-Hunt, Assistant Director: Julian Gibsone, Continuity: June Randall, Screenplay by: Ray Selfe, Screenplay by: David Macgilivray, From an original story 'Alberts Follies' by: Ray Selfe, Lighting Cameraman: John Barnard, Camera Operator: Bob Kindred, Editor: Peter Austen-Hunt, Art Director: Jack Shampan, Set Decorator: Peter Williams, Music Composed and Conducted by: David Lindup, Sound Mixer: Don Thompson, Dubbing Mixer: Tony Anscombe, [Unit Publicist]: Catherine O'Brien, Filmed at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
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David Jason (Albert Toddey), Hugh Lloyd (Chumley), Imogen Hassall (Stella), Tim Barrett (Fosdyke), David Prowse (Harry), Raymond Cross (Dudley), John Barber (special agent), Sue Bond (Desirée), Stanley Stewart (Jim), Geraldine Hart (housewife), Roger Adamson ([carpet salesman]), Paddy McQueen ([old lady]), Nik Zaran ([strip-club manager]), Peter Thompson ([paraffin man]), Sonny Caldinez ([bodyguard]), Frank Ray ([thug]), Bozena ([blonde captive girl in black]), Vivene Stokes ([captive girl in pink]), Deirdre Lindsay ([captive girl]), Kirstie Pooley ([captive girl in blue]), Jacqueline Hurst ([captive girl]), David McGillivray ([customer])
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In: Monthly Film Bulletin v41 n481 February 1974 Page: 36Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v41 n481 February 1974: no known title]Language: English
In: Cinema TV Today n10026 7 Apr 1973 Page: 13
Title: [Cinema TV Today - n10026 7 Apr 1973: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-193352
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status