I guess even Tommy Trinder needs a stronger story than can be found in this musical comedy. Two sailors pick up a pretty girl and ride their bicycle into Stonehenge on Midsummer Night. An electrical storm strikes and they're whisked back to the days of the Roman occupation of Britain, where they're taken for Druids and shipped back to Nero's Rome, the men to be sacrificed, the pretty girl to be sold into you-know-what.
The absurdities are interrupted from time to time by brief musical numbers lacking in wit. The girl is Diana Decker as Lydia. She's quite attractive. And Nero is Francis X. Sullivan, who appears to be in drag and looks a little like Goering.
But it's a mad sort of thrown-together affair, with the two sailors trading secrets in Pig Latin and so forth. If it's funny, it's funny in a silly way, like the "Carry On" series. Nothing is to be taken seriously. I didn't find it that amusing but maybe I'm developing a kidney stone or something, and I can understand why others might enjoy it more. I'm not a fan of the Three Stooges either.
The absurdities are interrupted from time to time by brief musical numbers lacking in wit. The girl is Diana Decker as Lydia. She's quite attractive. And Nero is Francis X. Sullivan, who appears to be in drag and looks a little like Goering.
But it's a mad sort of thrown-together affair, with the two sailors trading secrets in Pig Latin and so forth. If it's funny, it's funny in a silly way, like the "Carry On" series. Nothing is to be taken seriously. I didn't find it that amusing but maybe I'm developing a kidney stone or something, and I can understand why others might enjoy it more. I'm not a fan of the Three Stooges either.