A romping Technicolor farce vaguely indebted to Jeckyll & Hyde adapted by Vernon Sylvaine from his own West End hit of 1950, that basically extends to feature length the section in 'Laughter in Paradise' in which George Cole is forced to publicly make a fool of himself.

A once-in-a-lifetime supporting cast ranges from Alan Badel to Richard Massingham (and two future Doctor Whos); and there are some quite naughty jokes like the provenance of the paper used to replace the banknotes (while what George Cole does to Joan Sims, in her film debut, would get him fired and ostracised today...)!

When I was a lot younger I saw a lot of UK TV on the ABC in Australia - I fell in love with the Goodies, Kenny Everrett, Dave Allen and so on. I remember seeing a distinguished Jon Pertwee offering food for thought on Whodunit, and I am still watching all seven series of Minder daily, starring George Cole.

Suddenly late one night I randomly land on this fun movie and had a hoot watching it. It was great to watch classic UK actors from this era (especially Pertwee and Cole) having a shot at ham drama and comedy. It was wonderful to see these talented actors on the young side of prime, something I had never seen before.

The movie is the tale of stage hypnotism (which I found unusual and charming). The hilarity derives from the fact George has lost all his inhibitions due to being hypnotised. Typical British hijinks, tempered with a stiff upper lip, ensues.

Regardless of what others say, I found this movie to be a delight, the story is fun and bright and the acting animated. I am sure you will thoroughly enjoy it.

If you like classic British comedy's this could be for you a great cast with George Cole as a mild mannered henpecked man who get hypnotised which completely changes his character. Two future Doctor Who actors Jon Pertwee & William Hartnell appear together on screen with support from Joan Sims.