you can not blame blake edward for make this kind of movie . for year and he depend on the kind of pratfall that course through a fine mess a his bread and butter and so to speak . they serve the pink panther series well and and make inspector clouseau a world wide reference point for the ultimate in clumsiness . but for a movie that basically feature two loser cross the mob in a horse race then move a piano to a rich lady house and this film be all over the place . so many people introduce then forget and plot line that go nowhere and laugh that be fun for the moment but have no context . shocking and really and this come a it do from blake edward and who once personify classy comedy with such work a the aforementioned panther film and not to mention classic like 10 and micki plus maude and the under appreciate s. o. b. and with the calibre of talent and you would expect great thing while the manic mandel and lecherous danson and luxuriant alonzo and and wackos like mulligan and margolin a mob flunky all have the fire and but there just nothing here to stoke the furnace . there be separate moment here and there that give me a smile but and like the movie itself and it just live for the moment and then be go . tidbit the idea for this movie actually come from a laurel and hardy short where stan and ollie try to move a huge piano up innumerable flight of stair . hence and the name . it still be fitting represent this movie be definitely a mess and if not a fine one . three star . save but for the virtue of mulligan in the cast and a bit part for pre nypd blue franz .