John Mills, Michael Caine, Dudley Moore
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other... or can be made to have seemed to do so!
Stats: 45 reviews
A classic and hilariously convoluted comedy of errors, which plays expertly on Victorian morals and mores. It might fall a bit flat for modern audiences due to the lack of throw-away jokes and punchlines. Instead, it offers a never-ending series of sight-gags, plot twists and gen...( read more)
Definitely one of the best dark comedies I've ever seen, (there's no going wrong with Peter Sellers, Peter Cook, and Dudley Moore all in one movie!) with a great plot, although at times it does get a bit confusing. I wish Peter Sellers wasn't in it so briefly, though, as the sce...( read more)
My all time favorite comedy, classic site gags, a comedy of manners about England in Edwardian times, with an all star cast that have the time of their lives making this movie a total gas. I don't know how they said some of the lines they did straight faced. If you like to laugh,...( read more)
Ha! I was waiting for Flixster to add this... a MAJOR fav, I own it. Classic MCaine. PSellers has a cameo as the Doctor lol. TONTINE!
This movie has more outstanding comdedic performances in it, than any 2 other movie I've seen put together, it is farce but so much more, and played so straightly as to make you wonder how many out takes there must have been due to actors loosing it while performing and bursting out laughing. If you like historical period movies this is that, if you like English humor this is definately that, and if you would like to see some of the greatest comedians of the 20th Century working together, this is your movie.
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