Typically in a British comedy, the women fight over Lynn and Kenneth Kove while 30s crooner and sex-symbol Al Bowlly gets ignored. And we wouldn't have it any other way. Script adapt . Max Bygraves sets his stall out as a serious actor in this tale of a hustler making his way in show business and trampling over anyone who gets in his way. All a bit depressing.
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Script adapt . Ann Baxter is the unfortunate heiress who finds Richard Todd claiming to be her dead brother and her relatives all seem to back his story. Maybe that's just a function of the claustrophobic atmosphere. Industrial spy Stanley Baker nicks some Italian blueprints and plans to cross the border by being co-driver to Anthony Steele in an international rally. Director Ralph Thomas can't make this more than a nicely shot travelogue.