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Carmichael's innocent abroad quickly wears thin, but Attenborough and Price steal the film, as well as the paintings, with typically excellent turns. With a nod in the direction of Ealing's The Ladykillers (1955) the film also anticipates the attitudes of both The League of Gentlemen (1959) and Joseph Heller's novel Catch 22 (1961), though lacks the latter's greater sophistication. The cast also contains such British stalwarts as William Hartnell, Peter Jones, Ian Bannen, John Le Mesurier, Christopher Lee and David Lodge, and was sufficiently popular to reunite all the major players for the superior sequel, I'm Alright Jack (1959).
On the DVD: Private's Progress is presented in black and white at 4:3 Academy ratio, though the film appears to have been shot full frame and then unmasked for home viewing so there is more top and bottom to the images than at the cinema. The print used shows constant minor damage and is quite grainy, though no more than expected for a low-budget film of the time. The mono sound is average and unremarkable, and there are no special features. --Gary S Dalkin
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This is a gentle comedy that all the family can watch. There's no bad language or violence as such. It's the type of wet Sunday afternoon film that puts a smile back on your face.
Finally Windrush's luck runs out and he is sent to train as a Japanese interpreter, but unfortunately he is sent to Germany, where Japanese isn't much use. He neds up disguised as a German officer, and once more encounters Uncle Bertie and Private Cox, who are intent on taking possession of as much as they can of a hoarde of art treasures stolen by the Nazis. Windrush, naturally, hasn't a clue what is going on, and manages to get himself captures by the British, who don't believe he's not a German. Safely back in England, with the war ended, it seems his troubles are over, but fate has more surprises in store for him.
This is a very funny film, with Richard Attenborough particularly good as crafty private Cox, and Terry-Thomas and Dennis Price very funny too. Ian Carmichael plays the bemused innocent in several films, but in my opinion this is by far most amusing.
The film is worth five stars and the transfer is worth one, so I've split the difference and given it three stars.
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