Country: GB
Technical: bw 104m
Director: John Boulting
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Irene Handl, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Liz Fraser, Victor Maddern, John Le Mesurier, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson
Synopsis:
Fresh from his experience in the army, Stanley Windrush resolves to go into industry, and his uncle Bertie finds him a position as a worker at his missile plant, where he will perform the added public service of scuppering an export contract and triggering a general strike.
Review:
Bravura satire of industrial relations and the overturning of the old order, i.e. the war years, when everyone pulled together and self-sacrifice was the norm. It may be, of course, that this is partly a myth propagated by the national film industry of the time. Anyway, this classic British comedy has pace, bite, and a fistful of prime performances from a cast that is like a who's who of British comedy. It also has some of the choicest puns and innuendos from the days when more fun could be had suggesting what you weren't allowed to say.
Country: GB
Technical: bw 104m
Director: John Boulting
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Irene Handl, Terry-Thomas, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Liz Fraser, Victor Maddern, John Le Mesurier, Margaret Rutherford, Miles Malleson
Synopsis:
Fresh from his experience in the army, Stanley Windrush resolves to go into industry, and his uncle Bertie finds him a position as a worker at his missile plant, where he will perform the added public service of scuppering an export contract and triggering a general strike.
Review:
Bravura satire of industrial relations and the overturning of the old order, i.e. the war years, when everyone pulled together and self-sacrifice was the norm. It may be, of course, that this is partly a myth propagated by the national film industry of the time. Anyway, this classic British comedy has pace, bite, and a fistful of prime performances from a cast that is like a who's who of British comedy. It also has some of the choicest puns and innuendos from the days when more fun could be had suggesting what you weren't allowed to say.
