i love ealing comedy . i love alec guinness . so i look forward to see this when it be show on tcm a few day ago . what a disappointment . the joke be lame and the plot be stupid . a stupid plot do not automatically make a film a failure of course ( be there a plot line silly than passport to pimlico . ) but this plot be un funny stupid . and what i especially resent be the sight of stalwart actor or comedian like lionel jeffreys and maurice denham try to do their best with this witless material . if you have an ambition to watch every ealing comedy ever make and then look it up . there be no other reason to waste your time with it .