This made an appearance in Harry Medved's 50 Worst Movies of All Time but truth be told it's not that bad - it is interesting in a uni revue kind of way, with an all star cast keeping things interestingly. The story seems to be a kind of rip off of A Matter of Life and Death with good Ronald Colman and bad Vincent Price arguing in a celestial court over whether humankind is good or bad.
We see a variety of incidents throughout history and lots of stock footage, plus actors like Dennis Hopper (Napoleon), the Marx Brothers (in separate scenes, as Peter Minuit and Isaac Newton and a monk), Hedy Lamar (Joan of Arc), Virgina Mayo (Cleopatra), Marie Wilson (Marie Antoinette), Jim Ameche (Don's younger brother) (Alexander Graham Bell), Peter Lorre (Nero), John Carradine (Egyptian leader).
Film buffs will probably get something out of it - and I genuinely laughed at Groucho's segment, and Harpo's wasn't bad. It's silly and dumb but there are lots of worse movies. The people who wrote and direct it weren't really comedy people - it was directed by Irwin Allen.
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