If you weren't blinded by the opening credits, as we spin around and view the bright, neon lights, it opens with Stanley (Dudley Moore) in church, asking god for help. but the devil (Peter Cook) hears him ask for help, and makes Stanley an offer he can't refuse. You MIGHT recognize Barry Humphries, better known as Dame Edna... Envy. as we know from Fantasy Island, what we wish for isn't usually what we get when we wish for something! his adventures turn into various misadventures. and the secret word is "Julie andrews", for some reason. i guess she was in so many recent shows, her name would have been popular at the time. and nuns on trampolines. great stuff. the delicious Raquel Welch is one of the seven deadly sins, so (oddly) doesn't get much air time. In the remake, Elizabeth Hurley is the devil in the updated 2000 version. Directed by Stanley Donen, who had also done BIG films Singin in the Rain and Charade. Cook and Moore had written the story itself, so good choice for the leads! has a fair amount of fun sight gags and clever phrases. it's quite good... some dated references, but still fun. and some GREAT scenery of London in the 1960s.
