Make Mine a Million

Name: Make Mine a Million
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1965-01-13
Duration: 1 h 21 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Arthur Askey, Sidney James, Dermot Walsh

1959
1h 21m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Arthur Askey and Sidney James in Make Mine a Million (1959)

Satire Comedy

Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak ... Read allSid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product ... Read allSid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV sho... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

163

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The film has three future Carry on stars, Sid James, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor.

Goofs
The first pile of laundry that Arthur's landlady gives him is large and untidy. After walking through the crowd in the street market, the height of the pile is shorter and is tidy.

Crazy credits
Gillian Lynne supported by The National Ballet.

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Featured review

8/10

this whiter-than-white, wholesomely family-friendly, wonderfully winsome comedy is clean as a whistle, mayte!

'Make Mine a Million' is a riotously rumbustious, classic music Hall-style, frightfully frilly farce with plentiful slapstick silliness, and crispy-corny, quick-fire japes! This sun-bright, and summer breezy bit of frothy, eminently titter-worthy nonsense is about the playful, but increasingly desperate travails of an earnest, and somewhat penurious Soap Power salesman (Sidney James), and his amusingly spiv-ish, comedically fraught escapades as he frantically, and somewhat inventively attempts to turn his unknown 'Bonko' brand of 'miracle' soap powder into a national top seller! These delightfully comedic, full-throttle misadventures are brought to vividly frothing life with two larger than life performances by luminous national treasures Arthur Askey, and Carry On Cackling legend Sid James, with a nice turn from the beloved TV star Bernard Cribbins. What keeps 'Make Mine a Million' from being a wash-out is its infectiously roustabout, rib-tickling charm, sparklingly sprightly sight gags, and bonkers 'Bonko' buffoonery! There are also brief, but no less glistering cameo's from bubbly Babs Windsor, cuddly Kenneth Connor, blissfully Buxom starlet Sabrina, and mirth-master Tommy Trinder! Any giddy-headed, smile-seeking fan of vintage British comedy should give 'Make Mine a Million' a spin, as this whiter-than-white, wholesomely family-friendly, wonderfully winsome comedy is clean as a whistle, mayte, and features yet another smoothly sonorous score from mood maestro Stanley Black.