UK, 1957. Directed by Basil Dearden. Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Bernard Miles, Francis De Wolff, Leslie Phillips.
A young couple (Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers, pre-Born Free) are initially excited to hear they’ve inherited a cinema, only to discover it’s a “fleapit”. This is a charming British comedy which, while not up to the standard of the better Ealing comedies, is nevertheless an amusing and entertaining film with a quality cast. Because of his later international stardom much is often made of Peter Sellers' presence, and he is as good as ever, but here he is flanked by two of the greatest actors in British films of the post-war era - Margaret Rutherford and Bernard Miles. Together they make up the trio of oddball staff who have been running the cinema for many years. My favourite moment: Margaret Rutherford walking grimly down the centre aisle offering ice creams for sale. Hard to think it's now over 50 years old!
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