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The best Pair of legs in the business - Wikipedia The best Pair of legs in the business Jump to : navigation , search The Best Pair of Legs in the Business is a 1973 British comedy - drama film directed by Christopher Hodson and starring Reg Varney , Diana Coupland and Lee Montague . A comic at a holiday camp is concerned about the future . However he manages to secure both a job and a wife . It is a cinematic version of an episode of Yorkshire Television 's `` ITV Playhouse '' , transmitted on 28 December 1968 . Sherry Sheridan 's career is dying . He is tolerated rather than valued at the holiday camp . His wife Mary is having an affair with the outgoing camp manager who tries to persuade her to leave with him . Every time she is about to , something happens to prevent it . Sherry 's agent drops him . He drinks too heavily . The only people who show him any form of affection are two girls who prefer him to two randy boys . His estranged son Alan turns up in an attempt to heal relations . He invites his father to meet his fiancee and her parents including the father who is a vicar . Sherry attempts to puff himself up as a big shot entertainer who knows the Queen . Having disgraced himself , he goes back to the holiday camp alone . The two jilted boys find Sherry peeping into the caravan window of the two girls while undressing . They throw him in the swimming pool where he protests that he can not swim . He is rescued by his son . In a final reconciliation scene , the son explains that the critical comment about having the best legs in the business was actually a compliment after a friend protested that he was embarrassed by his own father 's legs in a knobbly knee competition . Cast ( edit ) Reg Varney - Sherry Sheridan Diana Coupland - Mary Sheridan Lee Montague - Charlie Green Jean Harvey - Emma Cooper David Lincoln - Ron George Sweeney - Dai Clare Sutcliffe - Glad Penny Spencer - Eunice Michael Hadley - Alan Sheridan Bill Dean - Bert Reginald Marsh - Fred Karen Kessey - May Johnny Briggs - Millet Geoffrey Chater - Rev. Thorn Clare Kelly - Mrs. Thorn Jane Seymour - Kim Thorn Jenny Thompson - Edna Pilbeam Claire Davenport - Eating Lady Claire Shenstone - 1st Chemist Jane Cardew - 2nd Chemist Preston Lockwood - 3rd Chemist References ( edit ) Jump up ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/147364 External links ( edit ) The Best Pair of Legs in the Business on IMDb This article related to a British film of the 1970s is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . This article about a comedy - drama film is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it . Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Best_Pair_of_Legs_in_the_Business&oldid=817502819 '' Categories : 1973 films British films 1970s comedy - drama films Films shot at Elstree Studios English - language films British comedy films 1970s British film stubs Comedy - drama film stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from June 2016 Use British English from June 2016 All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 28 December 2017 , at 20 : 39 . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply . By using this site , you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation , Inc. , a non-profit organization . About Wikipedia