Comedy

Down Among the Z Men

E.J. Fancey Productions

United Kingdom

English

Peter Sellers

Spike Milligan

Harry Secombe

Michael Bentine

Robert Cawdron

Graham Stark

Miriam Karlin

Sidney Vivian

Howell Evans

Eunice Gayson

Carole Carr

Maclean Rogers

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I was never a great fan of any of the "Goons" so approached this with quite a bit of trepidation. Sadly, it is all rather silly and presented in such a stilted fashion as to appear to have been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life - totally devoid of anything that looked convincingly genuine or spontaneous. There is a storyline involving a rather flaky professor who leaves a top secret formula in a grocer's shop. When he attempts to return it, he is mistaken for one of the "Z" (British army reservists) men, dragooned into the army and soon exposed to criminals who are also after this scientific boon. Curiously enough, there are one or two quite redeeming musical performances dotted throughout this featuring Carole Carr and Harry Secombe; but the performances of his fellow goons - Messrs. Bentine, Sellars and Milligan - really have suffered badly from the ravages of time, so much as to make this pretty unwatchable to all but real "Goonies".

a clip from the goon show movie

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Peter Sellers

Spike Milligan

Harry Secombe

Michael Bentine

Robert Cawdron

Graham Stark

Miriam Karlin

Sidney Vivian

Howell Evans

Eunice Gayson

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