You Must Be Joking! (1965 film)

You Must Be Joking!
Theatrical release poster
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 date
 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

Four British soldiers - Sergeant Major McGregor (complete with kilt and bearskin), Captain Tabasco, father of nine Sergeant Clegg, Sergeant Mansfield - and United States Air Force Lieutenant Morton have 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 symbols of the British way of life. The reward for the winner is to be fast-tracked for promotion and a ten-day, all-expenses-paid trip around the world for two. Among the feats to be accomplished within 48 hours are escaping from a maze, retrieving a rare rose and the mascot from a Rolls-Royce motorcar, and procurement of a lock of hair and an autograph from a popular French female singer. The final challenge involves the famous Lutine bell from the Underwriting Room of Lloyd's of London.[1][2] Because of complaints in the past, if any of them get into trouble, the authorities will deny everything. They are ordered to wear civilian clothes and leave behind all their money.

Cast

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

  1. ↑ "You Must Be Joking! | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  2. 1 2 "You Must Be Joking! Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  3. ↑ "You-Must-Be-Joking- - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-08.


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