Laughter in Paradise - 1951 ****

This is a completely underrated and utterly funny offering from Alastair Sim. He plays the cousin of a man who dies, leaving a will to his four closest family members. They are each told that they will be receiving £50,000 but only on completion of four tasks, some criminal, some embarassing, but all designed to show up the members of the family. Alastair Sim who has never committed a crime in his life is told that he must commit a crime within a week of the will being read out, and must go to jail for 28 days. His cousin who is a complete snob and has a servant whom she treats very badly is told that she must get a job as a domestic servant for a month and cannot be sacked or she will forfeit the money. The other 2 tasks are sort of in the same vein as this, and if any of the tasks are not completed the members of the family will not be able to receive the money.

I guessed what would happen in the end but it was still great fun to go along for the ride. Alastair Sim is always on top.