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Down Among the Z Men( 1952)

TV-MAComedy
51%
User
Score

Overview

The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Peter Sellers

      Major Bloodnok

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      Spike Milligan

      Pvt. Eccles

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      Harry Secombe

      Harry Jones

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      Michael Bentine

      Prof. Osrick Pureheart

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      Robert Cawdron

      Sergeant Bullshine

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      Graham Stark

      Spider

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      Miriam Karlin

      Woman in Shop

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      Sidney Vivian

      Landlord

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      Howell Evans

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      Eunice Gayson

      Officer's Wife

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      Carole Carr

      Carole Gayley

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    4
    Written by CinemaSerf on Fri Sep 09 2022
    I was never a great fan of any of the "Goons" so approached this with quite a bit of trepidation. Sadly, it is all rather silly and presented in such a stilted fashion as to appear to have been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life - totally devoid of anything that looked convincingly genuine or spontaneous. There is a storyline involving a rather flaky professor who leaves a top secret formula in a grocer's shop. When he attempts to return it, he is mistaken for one of the "Z" (British army reservists) men, dragooned into the army and soon exposed to criminals who are also after this scient...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • madcap comedy