The brother team of Bob Monkhouse and Alfred Marks try too hard to milk laughs out of a murder plot that ends up being closer to an overlong Three Stooges short than an eccentric British comedy. Disowned from the family estate and on the verge of losing their home, they decide to arrange an accident for the distant relative who inherited the estate so they can claim it. The recipient shows up in the form of the beautiful Anna Karina whom they decide to each pursue for marriage but keep falling off logs, to quote the oft-repeated to cliche they use here. Continuous attempts to cause an accident blows up in their face just like Wiley E. Coyote's attempt to capture the roadrunner.
The presence of the funny Hattie Jacques is both a blessing and an unnecessary curse because she really has no purpose in the plot other than to provide laughs which she does, one of the few to do simply because of her line delivery and still manner, like a portly version of Joyce Grenfall. The production design is actually very good with great sets and interesting setups for the visual humor which for the most part falls flat. Karina is charming and even gets to sing a French song, but the male duo seemed far too overconfident in thinking that they are funny when they are just aggravating most of the time. A better variation of the same plot is the 1957 black comedy "How to Murder a Rich Uncle".
The presence of the funny Hattie Jacques is both a blessing and an unnecessary curse because she really has no purpose in the plot other than to provide laughs which she does, one of the few to do simply because of her line delivery and still manner, like a portly version of Joyce Grenfall. The production design is actually very good with great sets and interesting setups for the visual humor which for the most part falls flat. Karina is charming and even gets to sing a French song, but the male duo seemed far too overconfident in thinking that they are funny when they are just aggravating most of the time. A better variation of the same plot is the 1957 black comedy "How to Murder a Rich Uncle".