Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 22nd January 2022, 2:57 PMI was going to say, this is of similar ilk to "The Battle of the Sexes" that I'd already reviewed, inasmuch as it was a nice understated gentle British film made in the early 60s and starring Peter Sellers; BUT I can't find it in a BCG search.
Ho hum.
NOW I know why I couldn't find it. Having made notes during the "BCG recess" I thought I had posted it on the forum. Never mind.........
I've seen this a couple of times previous and had to watch it again, as it's such a lovely and funny film, with Peter Sellers and Robert Morley stealing all the scenes they are in.
I have one reservation though, and that is the title, which suggests to me a Robin Askwith 1970s sex romp, which it couldn't be further from.
So, the founder of an ancient a long-established Scottish tweed outfitters in Edinburgh dies, and his son (Morley) comes to take over the business; BUT on his journey back home, he encounters a high-flying American business woman (Constance Cummings) who is intrigued to see how his business is run.
To her horror it is stuck in the Dickensian age where nothing changes and everything in done manually - even the accounts in ledger books, the department of which is run by a dusty, old non-smoking teetotal Sellers, who is horrified to find that Cummings has persuaded Morley to drag the business into the 20th century with modern equipment and to take the hand-woven tartan away from the crofters and transfer it to a modern purpose-built factory.
After failing to sabotage anything she has installed in the shop and back office, Sellers takes it on himself to murder her, and the attempts he makes to bump her off in her flat are absolutely hilarious, with hints of Clouseau.
Lovely very funny film that gives you a warm glow when you watch, with some great laughs on the way.
Peter Sellers is superb.
