An enjoyable parade of loony nonsense, although little has been done to fill out the original stage play – a problem that is augmented by the static and totally uninventive direction of Peter Yates which relies heavily on TV-style close-ups. But even Yates could not smother this piece's glorious highlight, namely the delightful send- up of the typical movie version of an Old Bailey murder trial in which Graham Crowden is so wonderfully outrageous as your typical bullying prosecutor and George Cole is so delightfully put-upon as the harassed defense counsel, whilst Douglas Wilmer comes right across just perfectly as your always obtuse judge. In fact, the whole cast rises so splendidly to the script's lunatic demands that it's invidious to single out just a few of the players, but I absolutely must also mention Eric Sykes whose performance is so gloriously deft and congratulate Miss Foster who brings such marvelous talent to her role. I should mention that a lot of the humor is fostered because the players all seem to accept the lunatic events as perfectly normal. They say outrageous things with perfectly straight faces and don't indulge in the double takes and broad over-acting that most Hollywood players would employ.
Review of One Way Pendulum
