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Our Miss Fred * (1972, Danny La Rue, Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Lally Bowers, Frances de la Tour, Walter Gotell) – Classic Movie Review 12,639

  The ghastly 1972 British wartime comedy film Our Miss Fred stars likeable and popular Danny La Rue as a British army private who dresses in drag to escape the Germans in France. Director Bob […]

Sep, 11

Too Outrageous! *** (1987, Craig Russell, Hollis McLaren) – Classic Movie Review 10,365

When the going gets tough, the tough get gorgeous!… An all-new drag-to-riches story…  Star Craig Russell’s 1987 Canadian comedy drama Too Outrageous! is his ten years’ later sequel to his super 1977 cult hit film […]

Sep, 29

Press for Time ** (1966, Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, Angela Browne, Derek Francis, Noel Dyson, Peter Jones, David Lodge) – Classic Movie Review 8652

As the punning title of the 1966 Rank Organisation slapstick comedy Press for Time suggests, Norman Wisdom plays a reporter on a local seaside newspaper at Tinmouth, where he has been hidden away by his grandfather, […]

Jun, 28

That’s My Wife **** (1929, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Aubrey) – Classic Movie Review 8572

‘There has been a serious misunderstanding in the Hardy family.’ Stan Laurel masquerades as Mrs Hardy to please Oliver Hardy’s rich uncle (William Courtwright) in director Lloyd French’s very inventive and funny 1929 two reeler […]

Jun, 09

Privates on Parade *** (1982, John Cleese, Denis Quilley, Michael Elphick, Nicola Pagett, Bruce Payne, Joe Melia) – Classic Movie Review 7306

Director Michael Blakemore’s 1982 British comedy Privates on Parade is a faithful film of a very camp, old-fashioned Seventies stage hit by clever writer Peter Nichols, drawing on his own 1947 Malayan emergency experiences with […]

Jul, 18

The Intelligence Men ** (1965, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn, Richard Vernon, David Lodge, Warren Mitchell, Francis Matthews, Tutte Lemkow) – Classic Movie Review 6572

Director Robert Asher’s 1965 spy caper comedy is the first of only three films from beloved British comic duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Though made at the peak of their popularity, it lets them […]

Jan, 17

Ski Party ** (1965, Frankie Avalon, Dwayne Hickman, Deborah Walley, Yvonne Craig, Robert Q Lewis) – Classic Movie Review 6220

‘It’s where the HEs meet the SHEs on SKIs and there’s only one way to get warm!’ Director Alan Rafkin’s 1965 musical comedy stars Frankie Avalon, who gets off the beach and takes to the […]

Nov, 09

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