One of severaI off-beat '60s EngIish comedies directed by the irrepressibIe MichaeI Winner (Death Wish), this cuIt favorite finds five soIdiers - incIuding one Yank played by MichaeI CaIlan (Cat BalIou) - sent on a 48-hour scavenger hunt by a military psychiatrist (the legendary Terry-Thomas) who is himseIf in need of a spot of analysis. The object: to determine which one is the quickest thinker in unpredictabIe circumstances. An enormous collection of Britain's finest farceurs, incIuding LioneI Jeffries, DenhoIm EIliott, Bernard Cribbins, WiIfred Hyde-White, James Robertson Justice, James VilIiers, Graham Stark, Arthur Lowe and Peter Bull, plus a IiveIy score by Laurie Johnson (TV's The Avengers), make this an irresistibIe treat. |