You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)
| You Must Be Joking! | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Produced by | Charles H. Schneer |
| Screenplay by |
Alan Hackney Jan Read from a story by Michael Winner |
| Starring |
Michael Callan Lionel Jeffries Denholm Elliott |
| Music by | Laurie Johnson |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK) |
Release dates | 3 August 1965 (London) |
Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
You Must Be Joking! is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Michael Winner.
Plot
A collection of British soldiers and one US Air Force officer see their initiative tested in a scavenger hunt, set for them by a British Army psychologist, Major Foskett (Terry-Thomas). They are instructed to obtain six status symbols of the British way of life, in a sort of modern rendition of the Labours of Hercules. Among the feats to be accomplished within 48 hours are escape from a maze, retrieval of a rare rose and the mascot from a Rolls-Royce motorcar, and procurement of a lock of hair and an autographed portrait from a popular singer. The final challenge involves the famous Lutine bell from the Underwriting Room of Lloyd's of London.[1][2]
Cast
- Michael Callan - Lieutenant Tim Morton
- Lionel Jeffries - Sergeant Major McGregor
- Denholm Elliott - Captain Tabasco
- Wilfrid Hyde-White - General Lockwood
- Bernard Cribbins - Sergeant Clegg
- Terry-Thomas - Major Foskett
- James Robertson Justice - Librarian
- Gabriella Licudi - Annabelle Nash
- Leslie Phillips - Young husband
- Gwendolyn Watts - Young wife
- Patricia Viterbo - Sylvie Tarnet
- Lee Montague - Staff Sergeant Mansfield
- Irene Handl - Elderly Woman
- Richard Wattis - Parkins
- Miles Malleson - Salesman
- Clive Dunn - Doorman
- Tracy Reed - Poppy Pennington
- James Villiers - Bill Simpson
- Graham Stark - McGregor's Suez comrade
- Arthur Howard - Cecil
- Arthur Lowe - Husband
- Peter Bull - Ferocious Man in Library
- Norman Vaughan - Norman Stone
- Dave Watts keyboards - Ricky Ticky Taylor Pop Star
Critical reception
- TV Guide called it, " Lunacy and laughs galore, with director Winner's gimmicky style much in evidence."[2]
- Hal Erickson wrote in The New York Times, " Director Michael Winner was still in his "mad mod" period when he lensed the wacky goings-on of You Must be Joking? His Death Wish pictures of the 1970s were in 1965 as remote as another galaxy."[3]
References
- ↑ "You Must Be Joking! | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- 1 2 "You Must Be Joking! Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
- ↑ "You-Must-Be-Joking- - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
External links
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