One of the more recherché items on Talking Pictures, I'm probably one of the few people who actually saw 'Bindle' at the cinema during its brief run as a second feature in 1973; its one concession to the fact that it was made in the sixties being that it was in colour.
Herbert Jenkins' comic stories about a slapdash removals man had already seen service in a series of silent shorts and a new version had been shot at Merton Park framed in flashback to the 1920s to showcase Alfie Bass - who had recently become a household name in 'Bootsie and Snudge' - in a rare leading role. (His wife usually addresses him simply as 'Bindle' and the film is nearly over before we finally learn his first name is 'Joseph'.)
Herbert Jenkins' comic stories about a slapdash removals man had already seen service in a series of silent shorts and a new version had been shot at Merton Park framed in flashback to the 1920s to showcase Alfie Bass - who had recently become a household name in 'Bootsie and Snudge' - in a rare leading role. (His wife usually addresses him simply as 'Bindle' and the film is nearly over before we finally learn his first name is 'Joseph'.)
