Mann's Best Friends

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Overview

When Henry Mann inherits The Laurels he also inherits its assorted resident oddballs, who include ill-tempered alcoholic Duncan, blonde temptress Dolly Delights and several Chinese waiters. Then comes the arrival of retired Water Board official Hamish James Ordway, a nosey parker and colossal fusspot with a flair for what he euphemistically calls 'organisation' and Mann offers him free accommodation at The Laurels in return for straightening out the chaos prevailing within...

Cast

Fulton Mackay

Hamish James Ordway

Barry Stanton

Henry Mann

Bernard Bresslaw

Duncan

Barbara Hicks

Mrs. Mann

Patricia Brake

Dolly Delights

Clive Merrison

Irvin

S

Sara Corper

Phoebe

Liz Smith

Mrs. Anstruther

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