i have to say this film be a big disappointment especially when you see the actor in it . frankie howerd be always well with a live audience to bounce catchphrase off ( he could make three joke last over half an hour like that ) . this film also feature stalwart of the british film scene such a stanley holloway and william mervyn and bill fraser and dora bryan and lance percival with early bit part for bob hoskins and mike grady . madeline smith provide the love interest for most of the film a fanny and love by both lurk ( howerd ) and grope ( fraser ) . zsa zsa gabor turn up a mata hari which say a lot about the film and the state of gabor career at the time . jonathan cecil give one of his best performance a the twit son of the family who become a spy and hermione baddeley be marvellous a the brothel madame . gertan klauber and stanley lebor play almost exactly the same character a they play in soft bed and hard battle a slightly sinister but ultimately comic heavy . the story be basically about the spy steal the german master plan for the war and the effort of the german to get it back while the brit try to get it to the general at hq . it ought to have be a lot well . i do have a big soft spot for this film despite it failing .