This classic deserves a far higher rating. Peter Sellers made most of his best films from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s and "Only Two Can Play" is a masterpiece. Sellers added the lecherous Welsh librarian to his gallery of comic characters and his performance is the one to watch. He has been given some excellent dialogue to act with but so has the rest of the cast. "Only Two Can Play" isn't the kind of comedy where the humour is broad and direct, such as in the "Carry On" films. No, the humour in the above film is more subtle and incisive. Peter Sellers plays a librarian in a small Welsh town and can't seem to keep his eye off the ladies! He is married with two small children and they all struggle to make ends meet. Then an opportunity for promotion comes along and that is where the problems begin. There follows an affair between Sellers and a married, rich and bored wife who promises to give the librarian an advantage in being promoted in return for his selling his soul..... I won't say anything more about the plot but this is a fine film and Peter Sellers is at his very best.
Review of Only Two Can Play
