Take It Out in Trade

Charley's Aunt

January 1956 •German

Otto Dernburg is forced by circumstances to dress up as a middle-aged woman.

Charley's Aunt

October 1959 •Danish

Charles and Peter have passed their law degree and are looking forward to wooing a few girls in the country. For that, they need a chaperone and persuade their fellow student Ditlev to play Charles's aunt from Brazil. Ditlev has a talent for acting and takes the role very seriously, but when Charles's real aunt turns up, things get complicated.

Charley's Aunt

August 1934 •German

Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney.

Charley's Aunt

December 1963 •German

An Austrian version of the famous farce Charley's Aunt. A man impersonates his own aunt.

Charley's Aunt

March 1926 •Swedish

Two Oxford University students, Jack and Charles, find themselves in a predicament. They enlist a friend to impersonate Charley's aunt from Brazil as a solution to their problems, not realizing that it would further complicate the situation.

Charleys Tante

January 1976 •German

The Sexy Dozen

September 1969 •French

A young man who disguises himself as a girl in order to gain access to a girl's College.

Charleys Tante

December 1996 •German

Investment advisor Stefan Lohmann has defrauded master butcher Waldemar Pückler of five million euros. He therefore wants to travel to Munich to meet the 'cattle baroness' Lucia d'Alvarez and do business with her. Lohmann also travels to Munich to go into hiding. He meets Lucia and falls in love with her, but then has a momentous encounter with his victim.

Sorority Boys

March 2002 •English

After being falsely accused of stealing the budget for their annual cocktail cruise, three very different fraternity brothers are kicked out of their dorm. In order to clear their name and to secure their future careers, the three dress up in drag and pledge the sorority next door where they learn a few valuable - and hilarious - lessons about themselves and the female species.

Murder by Death

June 1976 •English

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It

September 1977 •English

John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his illustrious grandfather however, he only succeeds in bungling every job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as the Commissioner of Police, and Connie Booth as Mrs. Hudson.

Family Plot

April 1976 •English

Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.

The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes

July 1937 •German

Two dubious characters disguise themselves as Holmes and Watson to gain attention and end up chasing counterfeiters and stolen stamps.

El vecindario 3

December 2016 •Spanish

The adventures of Juan and the situations that he will find in the neighborhood where he lives to try to rescue him from the bad guys who want to turn it into a drug sales place.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

September 2005 •English

A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

All Men Are Liars

November 1995 •English

Mick's father, Barry, sells the family piano, causing Mick's mother, Irene to leave. In order to raise enough money to buy the piano back, Mick dresses in his mother's clothes and becomes Michelle to join an all-girl band that has come into town for the annual harvest festival. Angela, the leader of the band, starts to question her sexuality when she begins to fall in love with Mick/Michelle.

Four Times That Night

July 1971 •Italian

A night of attempted seduction is recalled from the perspectives of the woman, the man, a lecherous doorman and a psychoanalyst.

Carry On Screaming!

May 1966 •English

The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!

Up!

October 1976 •English

Adolf Hitler is hiding out in California under the identity of Adolf Schwartz; however, he is soon murdered by a mysterious assailant. This coincides with the arrival of a mysterious woman in a nearby town. Whatever the case might be, nobody seems interested in investigating the crime, but there are many who are interested in her.

The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You

November 2006 •English

The League of Gentlemen bring their dark but brilliant humour to the stage in this "alternative" pantomime... they're behind you!