I remember my mother collecting me from school, armed with sandwiches, milk and chocolate and taking me to the afternoon showing of this film (something we did quite a lot when my father was away on business). I loved in then and today I saw again for the first time since that time. Of course the humour is different to today's alternative comedy but the charm remains the same even if I didn't laugh out loud this time.
Terry Thomas is always a delight to watch, so sad the way he was treated when he suffered badly at the end with Parkinson's disease. Watch him steal every scene from Jack Lemon in 'How to Murder Your Wife'. He is well supported here by Hattie Jacques, Athene Seyler and the lovely Billie Whitelaw. Please watch anything with Ms Whitelaw in, I fell I love with her as a teenager and even saw her on stage in 'Alphabetical Order' in the 70's. I cried when she died. Also featured is a young Jack Hedley who would go on to star in the TV adaptation of 'Colditz' amongst others.
MMM is the kind of film the British were so good at in the 50's and 60's something that has been lost since then.
I feel compelled to rubbish the review by filmalamosa who expected the plot to be believable, really? it's a farce, the premise of a farce is always unbelievable and the film world is littered with unbelievable plots I could list them but it would take days. Security in the 60's wasn't what is now. I suspect this person is a child of alternative comedy, possibly no older than 30 at the time of writing.
If like myself you are a child of the 50/60's then you will appreciate it and wallow in the nostalgia of the period this was made. Especially of interest are the street of London which are almost devoid of traffic, when you could park easily with no traffic wardens to hassle you.
Terry Thomas is always a delight to watch, so sad the way he was treated when he suffered badly at the end with Parkinson's disease. Watch him steal every scene from Jack Lemon in 'How to Murder Your Wife'. He is well supported here by Hattie Jacques, Athene Seyler and the lovely Billie Whitelaw. Please watch anything with Ms Whitelaw in, I fell I love with her as a teenager and even saw her on stage in 'Alphabetical Order' in the 70's. I cried when she died. Also featured is a young Jack Hedley who would go on to star in the TV adaptation of 'Colditz' amongst others.
MMM is the kind of film the British were so good at in the 50's and 60's something that has been lost since then.
I feel compelled to rubbish the review by filmalamosa who expected the plot to be believable, really? it's a farce, the premise of a farce is always unbelievable and the film world is littered with unbelievable plots I could list them but it would take days. Security in the 60's wasn't what is now. I suspect this person is a child of alternative comedy, possibly no older than 30 at the time of writing.
If like myself you are a child of the 50/60's then you will appreciate it and wallow in the nostalgia of the period this was made. Especially of interest are the street of London which are almost devoid of traffic, when you could park easily with no traffic wardens to hassle you.