A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
- Lord Uffingham
- (as Wilfred Hyde White)
Terry-Thomas
- Scout Master
- (as Terry Thomas)
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- TriviaThis was the only time Michael Bentine starred in a feature film, although he played a few cameo parts elsewhere. It was made at the height of his television popularity, and he wrote it as a vehicle for himself. However, it was a box-office failure, and a critical disappointment; Bentine later said that it had failed because he had no control over the editing of the film, and implied that he should have also directed.
- GoofsAt the start of the film, Michel Bentine gets on a number 22 bus going to Knightsbridge, but gets off a number 44 going to Peckham.
- Quotes
Park Gardener: May I call your particular attention to the notice and its contents. Delphinia gigantica. Do you know it takes five years from the tiny seed, that I've nurtured with loving care, to the full paregoric effect you see here today. These beautiful blooms are extraordinarily delicate... so would you mind taking your dirty great hooter out of their fragrant petals.
- Crazy creditsThe end credits are played out over a wrestling bout, involving a bikini-clad girl, which has no connection with the rest of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talkies: Remembering Dora Bryan/Our Dora (2019)
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A lovely old English comedy
This is quite a strange and eccentric movie and parts of it will look very strange to modern audiences.
In particular, the racial stereotyping which nowadays will be regarded by many as 'politically incorrect' to say the least.
The humour is rather zany but you need to remember that Michael Bentine was a member of the Goons: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298349/ which itself was rather surreal.
I think that this is a gem of English cinema.
It contains lots of old English character actors, most of whom are, sadly, no longer with us.
Most of the performances are of the 'cameo' type, lasting only a few minutes.
It is set in the Swinging Sixties and shows London at the time. Because London was like that (although not as eccentric!).
Many people nowadays will consider the movie to be 'lame' but it is enjoyable for those with an interest in social history and the actors of the time.
In particular, the racial stereotyping which nowadays will be regarded by many as 'politically incorrect' to say the least.
The humour is rather zany but you need to remember that Michael Bentine was a member of the Goons: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298349/ which itself was rather surreal.
I think that this is a gem of English cinema.
It contains lots of old English character actors, most of whom are, sadly, no longer with us.
Most of the performances are of the 'cameo' type, lasting only a few minutes.
It is set in the Swinging Sixties and shows London at the time. Because London was like that (although not as eccentric!).
Many people nowadays will consider the movie to be 'lame' but it is enjoyable for those with an interest in social history and the actors of the time.
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- walker4-1
- Apr 6, 2016
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- That Swinging City
- Filming locations
- Tolworth Tower, Tolworth, Surrey, England, UK(escapologist scene)
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- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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