Percy's Progress

Percy's Progress
Directed by	Ralph Thomas
Written by	Sid Colin Harry H. Corbett Ian Le Frenais
Starring	Leigh Lawson Elke Sommer Judy Geeson Denholm Elliot Adrienne Posta Julie Ege Vincent Price
Release date(s)	1974 (1974)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Percy's Progress is a 1974 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas. It was written by Sid Colin, Harry H. Corbett and Ian Le Frenais. It was released in the United States under the title It's Not the Size That Counts. The US version of the film includes several additional scenes shot by the American distributor, these include an opening penis transplant operation scene [1], and a scene in which a dwarf is seen jumping out of a woman’s bed leaving her to say the film's American title ‘Its Not the Size That Counts’[2]. The dwarf in question was Luis De Jesus, the star of the infamous Blood Sucking Freaks.

Harry H. Corbett's character was closely modelled on British Prime Minister Harold Wilson down to using well-known Wilson phrases such as "thirteen years of Tory misrule" and speaking with a distinct Yorkshire accent.

The film is a sequel to Percy. It has yet to be released on DVD.

Synopsis

A chemical in the water supply makes all men impotent. Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, is not affected as he doesn't drink water: he only drinks champagne.

Cast

• Leigh Lawson as Percy Edward Anthony
• Elke Sommer as Clarissa
• Denholm Elliott as Sir Emmanuel Whitbread
• Judy Geeson as Dr. Fairweather
• Harry H. Corbett as Prime Minister
• Vincent Price as Stavos Mammonian
• Adrienne Posta as Iris
• Julie Ege as Miss Hanson
• Barry Humphries as Dr. Anderson/Australian TV Lady
• James Booth as Jeffcot
• Milo O'Shea as Dr. Klein
• Ronald Fraser as Bleeker
• Anthony Andrews as Catchpole
• Bernard Lee as Barraclough
• Madeline Smith as Miss UK
• Alan Tilvern as General Dodds
• Minah Bird as Miss America
• Luis De Jesus as the Dwarf (additional American footage)

External links

• Percy's Progress at the Internet Movie Database