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He rents a room from the lady and arranges to have his cronies come over to practice their quintet. Soon after this atmospheric black comedy begins, aged widow Johnson putters around her house (situated near a railyard) as an imposing shadow seems to peer at her from every window (accented by dramatic music.) When she opens the door, there stands Guinness, in one of his amusingly creepy personas. A non pareil, light years better than my spelling of French. Well, okay, it's the one to watch anyway. The thieves hold a cup of tea in one hand and a pastry in the other, except for Guiness who is draped scowling over a player piano that is tinkling out 'Silver Threads Among the Gold.' If you feel yourself falling into a funk, this is the one to watch.

#Gang gang cockatoos puns full#

One of the scenes I find most amusing, in a film filled with amusing scenes, is when Peter Sellers returns to the old house to find his four thuggish friends trapped in a room full of chirping old ladies in lavender and frothy lace. The principal cockatoo, 'General Gordon,' sees Professor Marcus's shadow on the door and squawks 'SOS' in Morse code. I will add, however, one generally overlooked point.

Most of what can be said about this Ealing Comedy has already been said and I won't repeat it. Strangelove,' for instance, or 'Some Like it Hot,' - but none have, or is ever likely to, exceed it. I say 'one of the funniest' deliberately because this is about as good as it gets, and other comedies have reached that same asymptotic height - 'Dr.

So did my ten-year-old, with whom I've watched it many times on tape. I won't go on about this, but I think this is one of the funniest comedies I've ever watched.