Cult 60s favourite is probably the best known feature film from Dudley Moore and Peter Cook - Moore went on to have a lot more success on the big screen but Cook less so. It's episodic, and I found it dragged from time to time, but it is also clever, funny and has two excellently cast stars - Moore is a great schleb and Cook an even better devil. The relationship between the two is unexpectedly touching, especially at the end.
Eleanor Bron is amusing as the girl desired by Moore - it's a passive role but she does it well, and brings individuality to the part. There are cameos by people like Raquel Welch (as lust, looking splendid in underwear although the acting is iffy... am I imagining that her voice is dubbed) and Australia's own Barry Humphries. I actually wish there had been more cast members doing these cameos.
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