Will Hay is aabsolutely as an incompetent solicitor who is at the mercy of a merciless landlady, a sassy office boy, assorted friends and a group of Americans trying to get him involved in a scam. The seams with the office boy truly are hysterical as the young lad knows he's smarter than his boss and give him a hard time throughout. There is also a memorable scene with Hay in debt with the landlady who is asking hey for the rent he owes, only for him to find $5 which has been stuck in his pocket by another tenant, handing it to her, only for that tenant to remove the $5 bill from her pocket. Later, Hay and the friend get into trouble for being intoxicated, with the intention having been simply the use of alcohol to numb a sore tooth.
The film culminates with an elaborate costume party at Christmas time which results in the attendees being robbed at gunpoint, resulting in a hysterical chase with some very merry music accompanying it. After a while, I realized that there really wasn't a main plot, just a bunch of skits and a shell of a conflict thrown in. It didn't matter because I was enjoying all the comedy in spite of the fact but I couldn't even remember what the film was all about as it went from svene to svene. Dated but a fun light-hearted British comedy.
The film culminates with an elaborate costume party at Christmas time which results in the attendees being robbed at gunpoint, resulting in a hysterical chase with some very merry music accompanying it. After a while, I realized that there really wasn't a main plot, just a bunch of skits and a shell of a conflict thrown in. It didn't matter because I was enjoying all the comedy in spite of the fact but I couldn't even remember what the film was all about as it went from svene to svene. Dated but a fun light-hearted British comedy.