Eyewitness

I'll admit to relishing British films from the 1950's but not always for the right reasons. Many of the so-called comedies of the period raise barely a chuckle from me these days even though I enjoy them for nostalgic reasons but Eyewitness makes me laugh out load throughout most of the film. It's all so improbable ; Donald Sinden ineptly playing against type , Muriel Pavlov receiving star billing when she is un-conscious for most of the film , Michael Craig and David Knight slotted in for their good looks alone , an over-lit and un-curtained hospital ward to encourage peeping Toms that nurses an acute patient next to a child and a dotty old lady (deliciously played by Ada Reeve). I could go on and on e.g. The charge nurse taking a sleeping pill out of her pocket and forcing it down the old girl's throat ; an action that would result in instant dismissal today and an anaesthetist who fails to check the credentials of the sinister intruder. If it all sounds funnier than "Carry On Nurse" it really is.