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It's hard to believe this film has so many good reviews, especially so many stating how advanced the effects were for their time. It is utter rubbish, and unfortunately not even bad enough to make it funny. The acting is lame throughout and the characters and dialogue unrealistic. The monster, which I presume is based on an anklosaurus, is so obviously a man in a suit, that it is in no way convincing. Most of the budget must have been spent on stock footage, which makes up about a third of the film. This wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't so badly cut and with ineffective dubbing over it. Unfortunately there are a lot of continuity errors and even more times when the same stock footage is used more than once. Even the tailor made special effects are recycled, with Gorgo knocking over the same wall three times in about two minutes. I'd like to know whether the people who thought these effects were realistic were only 6 years old when they saw it or if they were taking mind expanding drugs at the time because quite frankly The Muppets are more realistic than Gorgo. The film's one redeeming feature is the happy ending.

'Inn For Trouble' is a classic British comedy, with some great cast members, a good plot and loads of laughs, which score full pints with this viewer. Like many films from this period, half the pleasure lies in viewing a vanished world that never existed. Alan Wheatley reprises his role as the Sheriff of Nottingham (1950's TV Adventures of Robin Hood series) but in a suit; Leslie Phillips is the suave brewery owner; Charles Hawtrey is as mad as ever and there are bit parts from such greats as Irene Handl, Esme Cannon and Stanley Unwin. Immortals all! Anyone who doesn't like this film obviously has no sense of humour and has probably only watched it because it was part of a media studies course.