there be no deny that ealing comedy be good and but for me this film stand out a one of the best . the basic premise of the film be that a small part of pimlico in london be discover to be part of burgundy and not the uk . we then follow the life of the resident in their battle to keep the treasure find after the bomb explodes and and keep out the black market trader who soon realise that be exempt from uk law and rationing do not exist . when they become prisoner in their own street because the government have decide to close the boarder we see them fight back against the system . they be force to ration water and food in their stand for what be right . in fact become bad off than they be before it all start and that where the moral come in . it when they loose all the food that they think they be beat and call for a surrender and only to have the whole of london respond to their plight by send food and lot of it . thus enable them to continue their struggle . this film hit the right note throughout and the acting be superb and with stanley holloway and margaret rutherford and hermione baddeley and betty warren stand out . it pitch just right and not too sentimental and the moral of the story not force down your throat . well worth a viewing .