A surprisingly splendid early one from Michael Winner. It is really funny with an amazing number of comedians. Well directed and if the story is a bit silly the film is really fast and if there are a few odd bits it moves along quickly. With the great credits animation from Bob Godfrey and on with the music from Laurie Johnson and the script of Alan Hackney from I'm All Right Jack (1959) we are off. Winner seems clear what's to not work in the studio if he can help it. We start off at RAF Northolt, some shots in Carshalton and then it might have been Kew Gardens but then we realise we are at Avery Hill, near Greenwich and then we are off to Mayfair, then Pimlico and Knightsbridge and even Piccadilly Circus, goodness knows how Winner manages to do that in the day time. There are some shots of the Thames and we can see the docks and even Billingsgate. Some wonderful locations and some good jokes, an amazing number of people like Terry-Thomas, Wilfred Hyde-White, Bernard Cribbins, Denholm Elliott, Lionel Jefferies, the lovely Irene Handl, many others and the American Michael Callan from stage and film.
Review of You Must Be Joking!
