GB
1971
1hr 47mins
Dir: Graham Stark
Starring: Harry H Corbett and Cheryl Kennedy
A collection of comedy sketches based on the seven deadly sins
This comedy comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin, all written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. Probably everyone who was famous in late-1960s British comedy took part, with the result being a wonderful star-studded cast. The sketches are linked by animation sequences and the fourth sketch, Lust, is more or less a one man play with Harry H Corbett taking the part of the rather sad Ambrose Twombly, ‘the fastest lighter on the Bakerloo’. It has a scene set on the London Underground but despite the character reference, the shot of an arriving Central Line train formed of 1959-stock was shot at Aldwych. The location of the escalators has yet to be confirmed but the ticket hall used a set at Pinewood Studios. The characters above appeared in the Lust segment which, along with the fifth sketch Pride, had originally been television plays in the 1961 series Comedy Playhouse. As can be seen from the poster above, the film was invariably entitled The Magnificent 7 Deadly Sins.
