Anthology films were briefly the rage in Britain, which explains this not very good adaptation for three Noel Coward plays.
I disliked the first two. Red Peppers, about the feuding couple (Ted Ray, Kay Walsh), felt like a star vehicle that would work if you liked the stars but I didn't know Ray or Walsh (yes I know they're famous back then but not to me). It was a drag.
Fumed Oak was dreadful - a whingeing Stanley Holloway.
Ways and Means, about a dodgy couple, was more fun, with Nigel Patrick and Valerie Hobson animated.
The color photography felt wasted.
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