Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...


The Odd Job (1978)
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Graham Chapman
Arthur Harris

David Jason
The Odd Job Man

Diana Quick
Fiona Harris

Bill Paterson
Sergeant Mull

Michael Elphick
Raymonde

Carolyn Seymour
Angie

Joe Melia
Head Waiter

George Innes
Caretaker