it refresh to see a surreal film that be not full of gloom and doom or mystical mayhem . grant the bed sit room do take place in a post apocalypse england with a cast of absolute lunatic and but somehow it all very fun . director richard lester assemble a who who of great british comic work in the late 1960s and allow them to run rampant . it hysterical . ralph richardson have the title role ( you will have to see it to believe it ) and marty feldman and dudley moore and peter cook and spike milligan and harry secombe and roy kinnear have feature role . best of all be the crazy family head by arthur lowe and mona washbourne and who live on a never end metro train afraid to come out into the nuclear wasteland . when they finally do and daughter rita tushingham ( 17 month pregnant ) be throw into an arranged marriage with lunatic michael hordern . a priceless piece of entertainment and showcase for a lot of talented comic who do not necessarily have substantial film career . it chock full of great moment represent secombe kinky request of washbourne that she have a domestic dispute with him and a his wife use to while kinnear give hordern a haircut without scissors or razor while feldman appearance a a nurse . one of lester best film . with very clever opening credit .