Director: Robert Day
Writers: Ray Galton, Tony Hancock, Alan Simpson
Composer: Frank Cordell
Starring: Tony Hancock, George Sanders, Paul Massie, Margit Saad, Gregoire Aslan, Dennis Price, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier, Liz Fraser, Mervyn Johns, Peter Bull, Nanette Newman
More info: IMDb
Tagline: Watch Out Picasso... Here Comes Tony Hancock!
Plot: Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist.
My rating:
Will I watch it again? No.
Tony Hancock makes this amusing picture work. The last ten minutes are hilarious and I really dug the turns it took. It's a cute film with a few good laughs but it really is Hancock that sells it with everything he's got. The bit where he's posing for magazine cover photos was hilarious. I can't believe that I didn't notice Oliver Reed as a French artist in a heated discussion at the cafe. Going back after the movie it was obvious but he had facial hair and a French accent. It's kind of nice seeing George Sanders playing someone other than a cad, kind of because I really enjoy seeing him play a witty bastard. What a great voice that cat had. When I first saw Hancock I instantly thought of how striking his resemblance was to Alfred Molina only to find out that Molina played Hancock in a TV biopic. The cast does a fine job and I was surprised to see that Paul Massie did very little film work. He was good.
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