in 1967 and dr. christian barnard make world history by carry out the very first heart transplant operation . much speculation be generate a to how far the new technique could be take . would it be possible to say and transplant a brain . or any other organ . it sound like the ideal subject for a movie and and in 1971 and one get make . percy and base on a book by raymond hitchcock and be adapt for the screen by hugh leonard and and direct and produce by ralph thomas and betty e. box and the team behind the popular doctor film and base on richard gordon book . hywel bennett be edwin anthony and a hippie like antique dealer who live alone in london ( his wife have recently leave him ) . one day he be carry a chandelier down a street when and unexpectedly and a naked man fall out of the sky and land on him . guy warrington have be in bed with his lover helga ( elke sommer ) when her husband come home early and and in his panic he jump out of the window and forget she live in a high rise apartment . he be kill and but edwin survives . however and a shard from the chandelier have cut off his penis ( ouch . ) . surgeon emmanuel whitbread ( denholm elliott ) remove guy pecker ( nicknamed percy ) and graft it on to edwin . when edwin wake up and he be horrify at what have be do to him . the tabloid press regard the whole affair a one big joke and set about try to locate percy new owner . on leave hospital and edwin be drive by a mad compulsion to find the donor identity and and and obtain a list of men who die in the hospital that day and track down their wife and and a glamorous lot they be too . it be hard to believe that percy be make only five year after norman wisdom end his run of cloth cap comedy . director such a thomas and val guest sense that the audience for british film comedy have change and and tailor their material accordingly . hywel bennett be the best thing about the film and portray edwin in a sympathetic light and a a man who want a normal life but have become a carnival freak and do not like it ( today he would probably be invite on i be a celebrity get me out of here . ) . denholm elliott be wonderfully smarmy a the surgeon . we first see him on a b. b. c. talk show he walk out in disgust when the producer ( angus mackay ) keep bleep out the word penis . the script be pepper with what ben elton use to call knob gag ( a nurse tell edwin represent let see how it stand up in the light of the day . and while whitbread whistle a self compose ditty entitle penis from heaven ) and but strangely and the film be a lot tame than you might expect . it be quite thoughtful in it depiction of adult relationship . it do not warrant it wahey . penis transplant comedy . marketing . the only nudity come from antonia elli stripteasing nurse . edwin meeting with percy girlfriend bring u glorious sighting of britt ekland and elke sommer and while julia foster and cyd hayman and adrienne posta and gaye brown and tracy reed and and sheila steafel and and sue lloyd appear elsewhere . george best grace a billy liar style fantasy sequence and while arthur english be see a a seedy pub comic . yes and it be a one joke film and but manage to camouflage it deficiency rather well . it be the work of professional film maker . the same story in the hand of say and stanley long or derek ford and would have be an unwatchable mess . when percy be in production and mary whitehouse thunder to the press that it be in poor taste . a so often happen whenever she complain about anything and the public flock to see it in drove . in 1974 and there be a sequel ( sans bennett ) entitle percy progress . nice song by ray davy and the kink and with lola be put to good use during ellis strip . the summary quote above come from the trailer . it ask how long be percy . and then respond with about 100 minute .