The cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines.The cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines.The cast of the popular radio program "The Goon Show" perform some of their favourite routines.
The Television Toppers
- Dancers
- (as Leslie Roberts Twelve Toppers)
Eunice Gayson
- Officer's Wife
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe only film to feature all 4 members of the Goons as a team.
- Quotes
Cast: Down among the Z Men let them Lie!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits: E.J. Fancey Productions Have the misfortune to inflict.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Climb Up the Wall (1960)
- SoundtracksIf This Is Love
(uncredited)
Music by Jack Jordan
Lyrics by James Douglas (i.e. Jimmy Grafton)
Performed by Carole Carr
Featured review
Disappointing waste of major talent
As a fan of the Goons ever since I was a kid (I used to listen to them late at night on the local college radio station) I was surprised and delighted to find this DVD at the checkout counter of a local drug store (for only a dollar!). I suppose I have to be honest and say I was disappointed by the movie, but not by the opportunity to see it. Harry Secombe is the star and seems to be trying to imitate Curly from the Three Stooges (right down to a direct steal when he tries to read the label of a record while it's still playing). Secombe never came off well in his few starring vehicles (although he seemed to shine in Dickens --- he was great in OLIVER and made an excellent Pickwick in a musical TV adaptation of THE PICKWICK PAPERS). Michael Bentine also gets a lot of screen time as the batty professor, but struck me as more bizarre than funny. Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers were totally wasted. Sellers of course went on to great things, but Milligan, surely one of the funniest men who ever lived (and the single greatest creative force behind the Goons) fared no better in films than Secombe. The mistaken identity chase scene at the end provides a few laughs, but that's about the high point. All in all if you're a Goon fan you have to watch this, you really have no choice, but don't expect to like it.
- horrorfilmx
- Feb 17, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Barriere zwischen Z-Männern
- Filming locations
- Kay's Studio, Carlton Hill, Maida Vale, London, England, UK(studio: produced at Kay Carlton Hill Studios)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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