By the Sea

One of The Two Ronnies "silent movies", shot on location and taking its cues from saucy seaside postcards and end of the pier shows. Self-consciously old fashioned at the time it was made, including using undercranking to speed up movement, it now seems positively ancient. Ronnie Corbett has a few funny moments with his boyish routine, but the rest of it is more amusing for how silly it is rather than genuinely humorous. Really quite weak and predictable material, and more in the vein of Benny Hill than The Two Ronnies' regular TV shows. I'm sure the cast and crew had a nice summer week or two making it.