The Odd Job

The Odd Job
Directed byPeter Medak
Written byGraham Chapman
Bernard McKenna
Produced byGraham Chapman
Mark Forstater
Stephen O'Rourke
Tony Stratton Smith
StarringGraham Chapman
David Jason
Diana Quick
Simon Williams
CinematographyKen Hodges
Edited byBarrie Vince
Music byHoward Blake
Production
company
Charisma Films
Distributed byColumbia-EMI-Warner
Release date
  • September 1978 (1978-09)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£500,000[1]

The Odd Job is a 1978 British comedy film starring Monty Python member Graham Chapman.[2] It tells the story of a man named Arthur Harris (Chapman) who is recently abandoned by his wife. He becomes so depressed that he hires an "odd job man" to kill him. Once his wife returns, Harris finds himself unable to cancel the contract.[3]

  1. ^ Chapman p 225
  2. ^ "The Odd Job (1978)". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  3. ^ "The Odd Job (1978) - Peter Medak - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.