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Despite being 70 years old I found this still funny after watching for the first time yesterday. Cant understand the negativity of others who reviewed this on IMDB. Often films this old are not amusing anymore, unlike this one. A similar and more modern equivalent would be the 1991 King Ralph film. Good to see it in colour as well, although it could do with some digital restoring work.
Diana Decker plays her part very well, but the perfomance by Peter Thompson of the lead character Joe Turner is below par. I fast forwarded through the 5 minutes or so of rugby and horse racing scences, which were too long.
Also, very interesting to see Sid James feature in a small part near the start with a surprising american accent, instead of his usual cockney one.
Diana Decker plays her part very well, but the perfomance by Peter Thompson of the lead character Joe Turner is below par. I fast forwarded through the 5 minutes or so of rugby and horse racing scences, which were too long.
Also, very interesting to see Sid James feature in a small part near the start with a surprising american accent, instead of his usual cockney one.
Very good comedy actors that do their job very well. Many of the individual scenes are funny.
However, the story lines are very predictable. You can normally guess how the story will develop or end in, about 5 or 10 minutes into episode, which was typical of ITV sitcoms churned out during this time, which were normally second division to those produced by the BBC. I feel sorry for the actors having to act out such weak storylines.
Surprised this went as far as a 5th Series, and probably more if Yootha Joyce had not died in 1980. Nevertheless decent enough period 70s comedy to watch.
However, the story lines are very predictable. You can normally guess how the story will develop or end in, about 5 or 10 minutes into episode, which was typical of ITV sitcoms churned out during this time, which were normally second division to those produced by the BBC. I feel sorry for the actors having to act out such weak storylines.
Surprised this went as far as a 5th Series, and probably more if Yootha Joyce had not died in 1980. Nevertheless decent enough period 70s comedy to watch.