We are starved for British comedies of this era. We love movies with Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, of course Peter Sellers & Alec Guinness, and way up on our list, Margaret Rutherford.
Which brings us to why we watched this movie--she got second billing. Had never seen Norman Wisdom, but he's well-known, so why not give it a chance? Plus, we are big horse racing fans, & that's the main subject.
Sad to say, we were highly disappointed. No captioning for the film, so we struggled to understand some of Wisdom's Cockney dialogue.
A couple of the stock characters were mildly amusing: the battle-axe mother, also the battle-axe-in-training girlfriend.
Happy finally to see the wonderful Margaret Rutherford, but much too little & too late in the movie.
Mainly saw a succession of pratfalls and low comedy, very little Brit-wit.
The first & last time we'll watch Norman Wisdom--save him for the music halls.
Which brings us to why we watched this movie--she got second billing. Had never seen Norman Wisdom, but he's well-known, so why not give it a chance? Plus, we are big horse racing fans, & that's the main subject.
Sad to say, we were highly disappointed. No captioning for the film, so we struggled to understand some of Wisdom's Cockney dialogue.
A couple of the stock characters were mildly amusing: the battle-axe mother, also the battle-axe-in-training girlfriend.
Happy finally to see the wonderful Margaret Rutherford, but much too little & too late in the movie.
Mainly saw a succession of pratfalls and low comedy, very little Brit-wit.
The first & last time we'll watch Norman Wisdom--save him for the music halls.