Mario Zampi – MRQE

Happy Ever After

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The whole village mourns when General O’Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O’Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O’Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of “O’Leary Night”, when the ghost of the first O’Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.

Bottoms Up

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie’s son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster’s madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.

Top Secret

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying…

Five Golden Hours

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely baroness, who knows all about get-rich-quick schemes.

Too Many Crooks

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon – who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue – but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn’t be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

The Naked Truth

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose…

Laughter in Paradise

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.