The best way to annihilate friends, family and coworkers is to tell them what you really think of them. Meek clerk George Cole inadvertently gets himself into hot water when he's dragged into a music hall, put under by magician Alan Badel, and emerges a completely different person. He's trying to prevent neer do well brother Jon Pertwee from further trouble, and ends up in more. He's got a beautiful but controlling wife (Veronica Hurst), a harridan of a mother-in-law (Heather Thatcher) and an amorous maid, a demanding boss, and thanks to the confusion, trouble with the law.
Delightfully goofy farce based on a hit British play, this is colorful and nonstop farce, energetic and the type of play they rarely write anymore, although there have been a few spoofs such as "Noises Off!" and "The Play Gone Wrong". Cole is terrifically funny, getting a part that is a funny man's dream. The color photography takes good advantage of the situations, along with a few onstage dance numbers and other music hall style acts. Maybe not for all modern tastes, but for those who just need a good 90 minutes of silliness, they can't go wrong with this.
Delightfully goofy farce based on a hit British play, this is colorful and nonstop farce, energetic and the type of play they rarely write anymore, although there have been a few spoofs such as "Noises Off!" and "The Play Gone Wrong". Cole is terrifically funny, getting a part that is a funny man's dream. The color photography takes good advantage of the situations, along with a few onstage dance numbers and other music hall style acts. Maybe not for all modern tastes, but for those who just need a good 90 minutes of silliness, they can't go wrong with this.