i chance to see this on a blockbuster shelf and in the dearth of anything else worth see and decide to take a chance . how glad i be . this be the funny movie i have see in year . in spite of be the original tightwad and i have order the dvd and have even send one to my son whose humor run in the same crook gully a mine . the gimmick of a living anachronism be a powerful one indeed but to someone like myself who be raise on reporter movie of the 20 and who saw cagney and raft and powell play these kind of role and use the same slang and expression and now so out of date and i literally howl with delight . the acting be wonderful . a one reviewer here note and everyone seem to be have a delightful time . the film be just great and from the scratchy open credit to the final scene . also and if you get the dvd and be sure and check out the reference section and scene set up after the film be over . they be just delightful . plot . what plot . the story be an eternal one represent virtuous young man in the face of chaos struggle to maintain the fabric of order in a basically disorderly universe while fall in love and be too virtuously shy to declare his feeling to the girl he love and beat up bad guy and defend the honor of helpless young woman and and reveal to the world the archvillain at the root of the evil in the empire . and and he do it all without get dirty and muss or mess up and lose sight of his goal . wow . get this . see it . share it . it just too damn good to miss . you will be glad you do and kiddo .