Let's start with a little bit of background. Tommy Steele came from Bermondsey, which was just across the river Thames from where I grew up in London. He was around the same age as my parents and several of my school friends came from Bermondsey. So Tommy Steele was considered a bit of local hero, by many people that I knew. "Local boy dun good" and all that.
So when this film popped up, as a late night movie on TV, I had to give it a chance, despite it's low IMDB rating.
Well it was truly awful in every respect, implausible weak story and poor acting aside, the music was the killer. The songs were absolutely atrocious.
I was surprised to learn that Lionel Bart was partly responsible for writing them, as he later wrote the entire score for the musical Oliver! A string of pop hits and even a Bond theme. He must have knocked off the songs for this debacle over a liquid lunch.
All that said, I could not turn away. I kept watching, I had to see how bad the next song would be, and how unlikely the next situation that presented itself.
Most of the acknowleged world's worst films are horror films and sci-fi's. They even have conventions where people go to watch them. I feel confident that this could be added at one of them and would receive a warm welcome.
