Rank Films on Video
Video Review from 2007
Before DVD, the three rank films featuring Morecambe and Wise were available on Video. For completeness, we have placed them here in the video section, but the reviews and details of each individual film can be found in the DVD section.
Intelligence Men
The Intelligence Men was Eric and Ern’s first foray into the film format. Could their brilliant comedy from the hugely popular TV 30 and 40 minute TV shows transfer to the big screen?
Sadly the answer has to be no. It's not that they are not funny, more that their style and timing are much better suited to short snappy sketches and gags, and not long drawn out plots with gags thrown in now and then...
That Riviera Touch
This was the second film for Morecambe & Wise from the Rank stable, and thankfully it gave them more room to work than the previous one.
Eric and Ern play two London traffic wardens who decide to take a holiday in the South of France. At the French airport, they are picked out to be unwitting carriers for a jewel thief Le Pirate....
Magnificent Two
This was the last of the Rank films promised to Eric & Ern, and was probably the worst of the bunch.
Having watched it several times, it does improve slightly over the first viewing, which is inevitably poor due to the viewer's knowledge of just how funny Eric & Ern can be.....
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