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{{Infobox film
| image          = Mister Ten Per Cent.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Peter Graham Scott]]
| producer       = W.A. Whittaker
| writer         = Mira Avrech<br />[[Charlie Drake]]<br />[[Norman Hudis]]<br />Lew Schwarz
| starring       = [[Charlie Drake]]<br>[[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]]<br>[[Annette Andre]]<br>[[John Le Mesurier]]<br>[[Derek Nimmo]]<br>[[Una Stubbs]]
| music          = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Gerald Gibbs (cinematographer)|Gerald Gibbs]]
| editing        = [[Jack Harris (film editor)|Jack Harris]]
| studio         = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] (ABPC)
| distributor    = [[Warner-Pathé]]
| released       = March 1967
| runtime        = 84 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
}}
'''''Mister Ten Per Cent''''' is a 1967 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Graham Scott]] and starring [[Charlie Drake]], [[Derek Nimmo]] and [[Wanda Ventham]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114080043/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42911 BFI.org]</ref>

It was shot at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] in [[London]]. It was the last in a series of four films produced by [[Associated British Picture Corporation|ABPC]] featuring Drake.

==Plot==
Percy Pointer, a [[construction worker]] and amateur dramatist, writes a drama 'Oh My Lord' and hopes to have it professionally produced. A dishonest producer agrees to back the play, hoping that it will be a disaster, so that he can claim [[insurance]] on its failure. To Percy's distress, the first audience see the play as a [[slapstick]] comedy, not the drama he intended it to be.

The play is a hit and audiences love it. But Percy is upset by the turn of events and attempts to ruin the production. It then emerges that in his ignorance of showbusiness contracts, he has signed away 10% of any revenue to so many people that he actually owes 110% of the money.

His attempts to sabotage the production lead to his being banned from the theatre. But with great resourcefulness, he manages to enter the theatre backstage and create havoc. With the audience thinking this is a part of the comedy and hugely enjoying it, Percy takes to the stage and addresses the audience, asking them why they find his drama so funny. No-one can find an answer, but they cheer him anyway.

The last scene, with chaos backstage, owes much to the [[Marx Brothers]] film, ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935).

The sleeve notes of the 2014 DVD release of the film open with the words "Predating Mel Brooks ''[[The Producers (1968 film)|The Producers]]'' by a year...", drawing attention to the uncanny resemblance between the plots of the two films.

==Cast==
* [[Charlie Drake]] as Percy Pointer
* [[Derek Nimmo]] as Tony
* [[Wanda Ventham]] as Kathy
* [[John Le Mesurier]] as Jocelyn Macauley
* [[Anthony Nicholls (actor)|Anthony Nicholls]] as Casey
* [[Noel Dyson]] as Mrs. Gorman
* [[John Hewer]] as Townsend
* Anthony Gardner as Claude Crepe
* [[Ronald Radd]] as Publicity Man
* [[John Laurie]] as Scotsman
* [[Colin Douglas (actor)|Colin Douglas]] as Policeman
* [[Annette Andre]] as Muriel
* [[Justine Lord]] as Lady Dorothea
* [[George Baker (British actor)|George Baker]] as Lord Edward
* [[Joyce Blair]] as 1st Lady Dorothea
* [[Una Stubbs]] as 2nd Lady Dorothea
* Nicole Shelby as Fiona
* Gina Warwick as Ellen
* [[Percy Herbert (actor)|Percy Herbert]] as Inspector Great
* [[Desmond Roberts]] as Manservant
* [[Colin Douglas (actor)|Colin Douglas]] as Policeman
* [[Lyn Ashley]] as the Maid
* Roy Beck as Theater-Goer
* Pauline Chamberlain as Woman in Theatre Audience
* [[Carol Cleveland]] as Girl at Theatre Party
* [[Valerie Van Ost]] as Girl at Theatre Party

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0060705}}

[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1967 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by Peter Graham Scott]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Norman Hudis]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films shot in London]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]