He walks through walls and she's a cat-burglar; as winning parleys go that has to be up there with Sinatra, Crosby and Cole Porter in High Society. Director Jean Boyer will always have a special place in my heart because of the films he made with Arletty, okay, they were bread-and-butter entries but French bread and Normandy butter is not to be sneezed at. Joan Greenwood had been in films for ten years and had things like Kind Hearts And Coronets, Whiskey Galore and The Bad Lord Byron on her cv when she played the cat burglar who bewitches Bourvil to the extent that he masquerades as a celebrated criminal to impress her - nothing new there, Gene Kelly posed as notorious pirate Mack The Black to impress Judy Garland in The Pirate three years previously. Boyer gives us enough set pieces to flesh out the one-trick pony aspect and the whole is a delightful and charming romp. Recommended.
Review of Mr. Peek-a-Boo
