Customer Reviews
Great value family entertainment - By: Nick D., 16 May 2008 
I've waited for years for this film to come out on DVD & now that I've bought it can happily say it was worth the waitin gold! it is an airborne version of the Wacky Races & must have surely inspired this entire genre.
The film is packed with character actors from 50s & 60s including inimitable & much missed greats such as Terry Thomas, Robert Morley, Eric Sykes, Benny Hill & Gert Frobe. They all clearly had fun making it which means there are plenty of laughs.
What is extraordinary is that the film was made long before the clever special effects we take for granted today, so many of the stunts & flying sequences are real & breathtaking. The film is chock full of classic scenes like the hot air balloon duel & the plane landing on the train.
I would be lying if i said it wasn't a bit dated, & its rampant pro-Britishness is a bit toe-curling at times, but on balance, it is a fine piece of entertainment & the kind of movie that is all too rare these days: one that the whole family can sit downin front of & enjoy together.
a classic - By: D. abbott, 24 Jun 2007 british comedy making fun of our european & world parteners with normal stereo types. & benny hill.its a laugh almost non offensive even got the intermission on the dvd.go backin time
