73%User score 73 percent
The Jeffersons
1975 · Comedy · Family
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45 votes
The Good Life brings laughter and hope to suburbia!
Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown in the USA.
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Richard Briers
Tom Good
Felicity Kendal
Barbara Good
Paul Eddington
Jerry Leadbetter
Penelope Keith
Margo Leadbetter
Tony Selby
Sam
Timothy Bateson
Arthur Bailey
Milton Johns
Ernie
Michael Robbins
Mr. Bulstrode
Robert Gillespie
Mr. Carter
Colin McCormack
Mr. Batty
Philip Madoc
Mr. Snetterton
Patricia Driscoll
Mrs. Dalby
Jonathan Lynn
Window Cleaner
Reginald Marsh
Sir Andrew
Angela Thorne
Lady Georgette 'George' Truscott
Robert Lindsay
Reform School Youth
Moyra Fraser
Felicity
Ray Mort
Angler
Billy Milton
George
Frank Gatliff
Mr. Squires
Peter McGinn
September 27, 2020
This show is a product of the 70s. A suburban couple decide to drop out and go back to the land. They will grow their own food, barter or sell what they produce to make their living, whatever they need to do to drop out of the rat race. Their slightly stodgy friends next door remain in the rat race, providing a foil and a counterpoint for their shenanigans. If you had shown me a summary of the plot, I would have roll…
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CinemaSerf
February 23, 2022
I wonder just how many people in the mid 1970s - anywhere in the world - would have realised just how visionary writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey were with this marvellous tale of a happily married suburban couple who decide to give up their daily grind and revert to a subsistence existence. Richard Briers and Felicity Kendall are great in the roles of the optimistic and naive "Tom" and his stoic and determined wif…
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