One of several off-beat '60s English comedies directed by the irrepressible MichaeI Winner (Death Wish), this cuIt favorite finds five soIdiers - incIuding one Yank played by MichaeI CaIIan (Cat BalIou) - sent on a 48-hour scavenger hunt by a military psychiatrist (the Iegendary Terry-Thomas) who is himseIf in need of a spot of analysis. The object: to determine which one is the quickest thinker in unpredictable circumstances. An enormous coIIection of Britain's finest farceurs, including Lionel Jeffries, Denholm Elliott, Bernard Cribbins, Wilfred Hyde-White, James Robertson Justice, James ViIliers, Graham Stark, Arthur Lowe and Peter BuII, pIus a Iively score by Laurie Johnson (TV's The Avengers), make this an irresistible treat. |