In between inventing odd devices, the very eccentric Groomkirby family decides to re-enact a murder and trial in their living room.In between inventing odd devices, the very eccentric Groomkirby family decides to re-enact a murder and trial in their living room.In between inventing odd devices, the very eccentric Groomkirby family decides to re-enact a murder and trial in their living room.
Photos
- Gormless
- (voice)
- Office Worker
- (uncredited)
- Maintenance Man
- (uncredited)
- Groomkirby's Co-Worker
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMade on a budget of just £50,000, this film still managed to lose money. Producer Oscar Lewenstein said that, at that budget, "it was a flop we could afford".
- Quotes
Judge: In deciding upon the sentence I shall impose in this case, I have been influenced by one consideration. It is this - that in sentencing a man to death for one crime, we may well be putting him beyond the reach of the law in respect of those crimes which he has not yet had an opportunity to commit. The law, however, is not to be cheated in this way. I shall therefore discharge you.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Making of 'The Italian Job' (2003)
This film is wonderfully bonkers, incredibly inventive with a small but excellent cast and a plethora of richly absurd lines of dialogue. The characters almost without exception see the peculiarities in their peers whilst being completely oblivious to their own eccentricities and in that sense is a wonderful observation of our own individual failings. It won't appeal to everyone, but if you like the humour of Monty Python, Spike Milligan or, especially, The Strange World of Gurney Slade, you should love this overlooked, and largely forgotten gem.
I see it flopped on its original release, maybe it was too ahead of its time, or more likely people watched it with expectations that this film would deliver a comprehensible plot with traditional gags. It doesn't. Like the main character, Mr Groomkirby, it exists in a world of its own - and we are privileged to be afforded a glimpse into it.
- DPMay
- Dec 29, 2013
Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1