Seen today Virginia Maskell tends to dominate perhaps because she lived less than a decade after the film, tragically taking her own life, perhaps because we despise Peter Sellers, who moved heaven and earth to have her replaced, albeit unsuccessfully but possibly mostly because of the way she tackles a thankless role. The Old Pals Act is on display again via screenplay writer Bryan Forbes - never one to pass up a chance to cast his mediocre actress wife Nanette Newman - a close friend and business partner of Dickie Attenborough, creates a cameo for Attenborough's brother-in-law Gerald Sim. Sellers is just about adequate as the randy and frustrated librarian, a string of reliables - Raymond Huntley, Kenneth Griffiths, John Le Mesurier - make up the numbers but both Mai Zetterling and Maskell are too good for stuff like this.
Review of Only Two Can Play
