
Naive Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management, as well as the trade union, use him as a tool in their fight for power.... (Full plot summary below)
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Naive Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael) returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management, as well as the trade union, use him as a tool in their fight for power.
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| DVDJournal.comMark Bourne...the Boulting brothers' acerbic satire I'm All Right Jack (1959) is a merciless and hilarious dagger thrown at both Labor and Management, two opposing factions each rotten with exclusive self-interest. |
| Monthly Film BulletinMFB CriticsSuccessful comedy is based on love of life, successful satire on indignation: the Boultings succeed in revealing neither. |
| User ReviewWilliam SOne of the very best British comedies, despite appearing dated. In a-black-and-white film depicting bleak post-war Britain, with pre-sixties woollen clothes, old-fashioned accents and unbelievably ancient-looking cars and interiors, 1959 can seem little different from the middle ages, so much has changed. There are some brilliant lines in it. Sellers as the union leader utters the ironic gem " I'd like to go to Russia; all those cornfields and ballet in the evenings". Great character studies from Irene Handl and Liz Fraser as well as Sellers, Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Attenborough. One of my absolute favourite films, despite Britain, and the world now looking an entirely different place - but the themes and issues are as fresh as daisies . . . |
| User ReviewCarlton RMargaret Rutherford,Peter Sellers ,Terry-Thomas, Dennis Price, Dennis Price and Michael ward, with a cast like this you couldn't go wrong, great classic stough. |
| User ReviewFrances Ann AOutstanding British satire--where everyone is society gets lambasted. Very ironic comedy. Sellers is hilarious. |
| User ReviewDaniel BYou cannot beat a Sellers/Thomas combo at their very best. Absolute bounder of a film. |
| User ReviewDave AClassic satire/comedy with a fantastic cast... This was the first film to show Peter Sellers at his full potential (only in Dr. Strangelove and Being There is he this good...). Thematically it covers similar territory to The Man In The White Suit, though it is a much more raucous ,in yer face film. Quite simply the pinnacle of British comedy... |
| User ReviewLawson BPeter Sellers greatest film with great supporting cast and a great storyline which was so true of the 50's early 60's. |
| User ReviewTara CPeter Sellers, Terry-Thomas and Irene Handl give brilliant character performances in this classic from the 50's. Satire encompassing the class sytem, industry and trade unions, and even an early sweep at the spin of advertising. |
| User ReviewJamie Sa great satire of the unions and the social structures of 50s Britain. Quite a lot lighter than I was expecting. Sellers and Terry-Thomas are particularly good. |