Bedazzled (1967)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Stanley Donen

Writers:

Peter Cook (story) and
Dudley Moore (story) ...

Release Date:

10 December 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their first starring comedy! [UK}

Plot:

Stanley is a short order cook, infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works at Whimpy Burger with him...

Plot Keywords:

Seven Deadly Sins | Cook | Soul | Devil | Waitress

Cast

Peter Cook	...	George Spiggott / The Devil
Dudley Moore	...	Stanley Moon
Eleanor Bron	...	Margaret
Raquel Welch	...	Lust / Lilian Lust
Alba	...	Vanity
Robert Russell	...	Anger
Barry Humphries	...	Envy
Parnell McGarry	...	Gluttony
Danièle Noël	...	Avarice (as Daniele Noel)
Howard Goorney	...	Sloth
Michael Bates	...	Inspector Clarke
Bernard Spear	...	Irving Moses
Robin Hawdon	...	Randolph - Harp Teacher
Michael Trubshawe	...	Lord Dowdy
Evelyn Moore	...	Mrs. Wisby

Also Known As:

Stanley Donen's Bedazzled (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG | Germany:16 | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | UK:A (original rating) | USA:Approved | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

BT Tower, 60 Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, London, England, UK

Company:

Stanley Donen Films

Trivia:

"Mister Spiggot" was the name of a one-legged character played by Dudley Moore who applied for the role of Tarzan in a TV sketch with Peter Cook.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When George files Stanley's contract he puts "Moon, Stanley" after "Moses, Irving."

Quotes:

George Spiggott: This is the club room. Quite nicely decorated and painted - early Hitler.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Bruce Almighty (2003)

It really is that good

Just watched it again and this time I get it. Thirty-four years ago the script was over my head and I missed most of the double entendres. 1967 was a great

year for them as censorship had just been slackened. The pop star sequence is in fuzzy black and white because it's supposed to be on TV - yes, that's what it used to look like. (Did people really dance like that?)

The script is brilliant but sometimes the delivery is so throw-away the jokes are missed. Maybe as Peter Cook wrote them he didn't think they needed

underlining. For example, when Stanley borrows George's red nightshirt and

says something like "Does it really suit me? Red's not my colour, I'm usually more conservative." Red for socialism, blue for the conservative party. George's red socks were sported by Labour voters well into the conservative 70s and

80s.

Little things you may not know: Victorian nightshirts and long-legged bathing suits were a fad in 1967. George and Stanley when being themselves speak in

working class accents (unlike God). Dudley really was working class, unlike

Peter Cook.

RIP to both. Let's eat a bowl of raspberries and cream in their memories. xxxxxxxxxxx