A very similar theme was used far more successfully in the ITV sitcom In Loving Memory.

[1] It was one of a series of big screen adaptations of sitcoms at the time.

[2] The plot concerns two rival undertakers whose firms are used as fronts for drug smuggling.

Directed by John Robins, as well as the usual cast it featured well known actors Roy Kinnear, Dennis Price, Sue Lloyd, Richard Wattis, John Ronane and Frank Thornton.

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