pleasant story of the community of pimlico in london who and after an unexploded ww2 bomb explodes and find a royal charter state that the area they live in form part of burgundy . this movie work because it appeal to the fantasy a lot of u have about make up our own rule and not have to listen to them . a solid cast of british stalwart and especially stanley holloway and make this more believable . there be some very nice moment in the film and such a when the people have run out of supply and other londoner on the other side of the barricade start throw food and other thing over to them . even though you always know pimlico would become part of the uk again and the people of pimlico and a a consequence the viewer doesn not mind when this happen and leave a nice happy feeling . it amaze to think that these low budget movie from a small studio in london still remain so popular over fifty year later . the producer must have get something right .