If you’ve enjoyed Peter Sellers in the Pink Panther movies,
you’ll like this funny movie about hiding from your past.
Dennis Price plays a blackmailer who works for a gossip rag.
He finds people who don't want their dirty laundry aired, and he threatens to
air it unless he’s paid off.
Terry-Thomas, who plays wealthy Lord Henry, is trying to
hide his bad moments from his wife. He is told by a young woman about the
others who are being blackmailed. Each of the parties being blackmailed tries a
special secret revenge plot. All of the parties are unaware, at first, that each
revenge plot affects someone else's revenge plot. A famous writer asks her
daughter to drug the unsuspecting blackmailer and dump his body in a trunk. Peter
Sellers is Sonny MacGregor, a talk show host and master of disguise, who tries
to make a bomb to do away with Dennis. Lord Henry’s revenge scheme affects the
girl's boyfriend. The author’s scheme affects Lord Henry. And so on.
In addition to the wild plot and humorous writing, there
were other delightful parts of this movie. Lord Henry’s wife, Lady Lucy wears fabulous
clothes. Very well-dressed woman. I enjoyed her clothes along with the British
humor. Somehow, it seemed to help balance it.
In case you need it spelled out for you, here’s the warning.
This very funny British movie is not for intellectuals. It’s just silly.
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