Review of Scared Stiff

....their political system............. Their governments fall more often than Charlie Ruggles. If you're old enough to remember him then,like me,you probably saw "Scared Stiff" back in 1953 in a fleapit like the "Tivoli" in Worthing with your BFF who you haven't seen for 60 years. Martin and Lewis were like a "Dumb and Dumber" for war babies. Whilst Jerry's character was a complete imbecile and didn't know or care,Dean Martin's character thought he was smart and hep and wanted people to think he was the brains of the two when,in reality he was just better looking and could croon like Crosby. Lewis fell out of fashion in pictures many years ago in the U.S. but retained a loyal following in Europe,some even claim he was a comedic genius. Well,he certainly made me laugh in every one of the duos' outings together. "Scared Stiff" was a cheapie filmed in black and white using a borrowed set and a budget of about one and six. Into that unpromising mix Martin and Lewis added so much inspired if hardly subtle foolery that a twelve year old still buzzing with England's win in the Ashes earlier in the day sat back in a greasy seat thick with God knows what and howled with laughter. Then my mate and I got on the wrong bus to go home.And that wasn't so funny. Keeping an eye open for roaming Teddy Boys we slunk through the back streets alive to the added risk of encountering a pack of Zombies from Goring - on - Sea.