Comedy

Down Among the Z Men

The Goon Show hits the big screen. Professor Pure Heart absent-mindedly loses the top secret formula in Harry Jones' Grocery Shop. "Bats of the Yard", as Harry calls himself, finds it and attempts to return it to the Professor.

Release Date : 1952-10-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : E.J. Fancey Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Major Bloodnok

Original Name : Peter Sellers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pvt. Eccles

Original Name : Spike Milligan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harry Jones

Original Name : Harry Secombe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prof. Osrick Pureheart

Original Name : Michael Bentine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sergeant Bullshine

Original Name : Robert Cawdron

Gender : Male

Character Name : Spider

Original Name : Graham Stark

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in Shop

Original Name : Miriam Karlin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Landlord

Original Name : Sidney Vivian

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Howell Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : Officer's Wife

Original Name : Eunice Gayson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carole Gayley

Original Name : Carole Carr

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-09

I was never a great fan of any of the "Goons" so approached this with quite a bit of trepidation. Sadly, it is all rather silly and presented in such a stilted fashion as to appear to have been rehearsed to within an inch of it's life - totally devoid of anything that looked convincingly genuine or spontaneous. There is a storyline involving a rather flaky professor who leaves a top secret formula in a grocer's shop. When he attempts to return it, he is mistaken for one of the "Z" (British army reservists) men, dragooned into the army and soon exposed to criminals who are also after this scientific boon. Curiously enough, there are one or two quite redeeming musical performances dotted throughout this featuring Carole Carr and Harry Secombe; but the performances of his fellow goons - Messrs. Bentine, Sellars and Milligan - really have suffered badly from the ravages of time, so much as to make this pretty unwatchable to all but real "Goonies".