You Must Be Joking!

1965

Comedy

IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 417 417

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Director

Michael Winner Photo
Michael Winner

Top cast

Jo Rowbottom Photo
Jo Rowbottom as Librarian
Richard Wattis Photo
Richard Wattis as Parkins
Michael Callan Photo
Michael Callan as Lieutenant Tim Morton
James Robertson Justice Photo
James Robertson Justice as Librarian
720p.BLU
915.21 MB
1280*772
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 7 / 10

It Reeks Of The 1960's And A Bygone Era

The film begins with the superb opening credits by Bob Godfrey, and a Mona Lisa start which is not unlike (and predates) Terry Gilliam, and sets one up for a light hearted typical British affair. It frequently uses the streets of London as a backdrop and is filled with some marvellous cameo roles by numerous character actors. They seem to be all here. There are quite a few memorable roles but accolades go to Terry Thomas, Lionel Jeffries (that's a first for me), and Denholm Elliot glides through his performance with aplomb. Of course the plot is ridiculous, and the film is not a gem, but I was delighted to catch this film. I even laughed during the film. There's a little bit of 60's saucyness, pop references (The Cavemen), sending up of the upper classes, the obligatory (largely unknown) Amercan actor and cuts that are pure 1960's. It's not a Carry On film, it's much better, and if you like black & white British 1960's movies and the (now lost) actors from then, you will not be disappointed.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

It's silly, and it makes me laugh

Something of a precursor of the swinging sixties "comedy." It still has the makings of the 1940s 1959s British comedies, but some of the silliness of the later 1960s comedy films is starting to creep in.The performance of the film is probably Lionel Jeffries as the caricature of a Scotsman. (Perhaps even more interesting is not so much his performance as the reactions of the other scavengers to his character. In one scene he asked someone on the set to give him something Gaelic to say. Someone duly did. Lionel Jeffries was not to know that it meant: "Kiss my ass." But it went unnoticed...until the film was shown in Ireland! All in all, it's great fun. One should not take it too seriously.
Reviewed by 6 / 10

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