I'm glad to say that "Spare a Copper", coupled with "Turned out Nice Again" is currently (2017) available (under those titles) on an excellent DVD disc.
I strongly disapprove of the USA title change to "Call a Cop". What's funny about that title? Nothing! If the American DVD manufacturer and/or distributor did not think "Spare a Copper" was witty enough or funny enough or insufficiently chuckle-some, why didn't they try to match it with something better? There are surely dozens of suitably hilarious double entendres that come to mind that either match or outdo "Spare a Copper". For instance, even with his dopey "Call a Cop", there must be at least three or four dozen variations he could make, stating with "Call a Cop, to the Rescue!"
Anyway, "Spare a Copper" is delightful fun from first to last, with George in top form, assisted by an amiable cast including Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee, and very ably directed at a delightfully fast pace by John Paddy Carstairs.
I strongly disapprove of the USA title change to "Call a Cop". What's funny about that title? Nothing! If the American DVD manufacturer and/or distributor did not think "Spare a Copper" was witty enough or funny enough or insufficiently chuckle-some, why didn't they try to match it with something better? There are surely dozens of suitably hilarious double entendres that come to mind that either match or outdo "Spare a Copper". For instance, even with his dopey "Call a Cop", there must be at least three or four dozen variations he could make, stating with "Call a Cop, to the Rescue!"
Anyway, "Spare a Copper" is delightful fun from first to last, with George in top form, assisted by an amiable cast including Dorothy Hyson and Bernard Lee, and very ably directed at a delightfully fast pace by John Paddy Carstairs.