The Night We Got the Bird (1961) ★

The Night We Got the Bird is a 1961 British comedy film. It features Brian Rix, Dora Bryan, Ronald Shiner, Leo Franklyn, and Irene Handl. Cyril’s family is unaware that he and his cabinet-maker employee are making and selling false antique furniture. It is only when he dies and his salesman Bernie marries his widow Julie that the truth comes out through Cecil re-appearing as a parrot, puzzlingly given as a wedding gift. When a local Brighton heavy realises he’s been conned the family band together to try and fix things.