Sadly Over-hyped

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

I remember my mother collecting me from school, armed with sandwiches, milk and chocolate and taking me to the afternoon showing of this film (something we did quite a lot when my father was away on business). I loved in then and today I saw again for the first time since that time. Of course the humour is different to today's alternative comedy but the charm remains the same even if I didn't laugh out loud this time. Terry Thomas is always a delight to watch, so sad the way he was treated when he suffered badly at the end with Parkinson's disease. Watch him steal every scene from Jack Lemon in 'How to Murder Your Wife'. He is well supported here by Hattie Jacques, Athene Seyler and the lovely Billie Whitelaw. Please watch anything with Ms Whitelaw in, I fell I love with her as a teenager and even saw her on stage in 'Alphabetical Order' in the 70's. I cried when she died. Also featured is a young Jack Hedley who would go on to star in the TV adaptation of 'Colditz' amongst others.MMM is the kind of film the British were so good at in the 50's and 60's something that has been lost since then.I feel compelled to rubbish the review by filmalamosa who expected the plot to be believable, really? it's a farce, the premise of a farce is always unbelievable and the film world is littered with unbelievable plots I could list them but it would take days. Security in the 60's wasn't what is now. I suspect this person is a child of alternative comedy, possibly no older than 30 at the time of writing. If like myself you are a child of the 50/60's then you will appreciate it and wallow in the nostalgia of the period this was made. Especially of interest are the street of London which are almost devoid of traffic, when you could park easily with no traffic wardens to hassle you.

It's all smiles, only interrupted by occasional bursts of laughter, in this wonderful 1960 British comedy. "Make Mine Mink" is an assemblage of some of the finest comedic actors of the time located across the pond. Three misfits are roomers or spongers off the good-hearted Dame Beatrice Appleby. She is known for her charitable work and donations, especially for orphans. But she's getting tired and running low on funds. Terry-Thomas is Major Albert Rayne, Athene Seyler is Dame Appleby, Hattie Jacques is Nanette Parry and Elspeth Duxbury is the riotously hilarious Pinkie Pinkerton. Billie Whitelaw is Lily in a nice supporting role, and some others contribute to the film. But, all the fun is in the mink heist gang – the major and his molls. Strange circumstances turn this group of otherwise law-abiding citizens into modern Robin Hoods. All the proceeds from their capers go to help the poor children. So, naturally, we in the audience pull for them to succeed in crime. Yes, we must admit it. And, it's such a hilariously funny, madcap film. It could be broken down into several individual skits. We never learn where or how the characters in a film like this come up with all the costumes and props they use for their heists. But that would spoil the show. So, it's just much, much fun to sit back and watch and listen and laugh at the delightful goings-on. What a wonderful comedy this is. It's a sure cure for the doldrums and earns my top rating of 10 stars. This is a comedy that should never grow old or wear out.

Charming comedy about a bored group who board with Dame Bea (Athene Seyler) in an apartment. She supports many charities but has now run out of money. Through a series of events, they hit upon the idea of stealing fur coats and selling them to a fence so that she can continue to support her charities. The others are all bored so they go along ...since it's for charity. Implausible plot makes little difference as this disparate group of oddballs start their series of robberies. Subplot has Dame Bea's maid (Billie Whitelaw) who has a prison record, falling for a cop (Jack Hedley).The robberies are masterminded by the Major (Terry-Thomas) who calls on his military experience to plan the robberies, including all manner of disguises. Because they have no police records, they rob shops and gambling joints right under the cops' noses.The cast is uniformly excellent is this bit of craziness. Terry-Thomas and Athene Seyler turn in star performances, matched by Hattie Jacques as Nan and Elspeth Duxbury as the hapless Pinkie--their cohorts. Others in the cast include Raymond Huntley as the inspector, Irene Handl as Spolinski, Penny Morrell as Gertrude, Sydney Tafler and Joan Heal as the neighbors, and May Hallatt as the old lady. Kenneth Williams also shows up as the fence.The ending is priceless.

This is a real period piece (circa 1960) which hasn't aged as well as some of its contemporaries (eg its companion pieces Too Many Crooks and The Naked Truth).It has a splendid cast (the "gang" are all female apart from Terry-Thomas at his peak) and they act their socks off. But their immense and varied talent - both Hattie Jacques and Billie Whitelaw have major roles - have to contend with a script which must have seemed a little too contrived even at the time, and which now looks as if it came from another planet. It's of course practically a given these days that Ealing and its counterparts were mildly subversive of the established order. But for a group of down-at-heel members of the upper-middle class to fund orphanages by stealing fur coats? Is there a satirical subtext here? Did the jokes seem funny at the time?As I say, the performances are to be admired, as is the hidden or even subconscious feminist agenda, but I found it mildly bewildering - and this is the world I was born into. Perhaps we need a radical remake.