That Riviera Touch

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That Riviera Touch
Promotional movie poster
Directed by	Cliff Owen
Produced by	Hugh Stewart
Written by	Peter Blackmore, Dick Hills and Sid Green
Starring	Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Cinematography	Jack Asher
Distributed by	Rank
Release date(s)	1966
Running time	98 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	The Intelligence Men
Followed by	The Magnificent Two

That Riviera Touch (1966) was the second feature-length film made by the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.

[edit] Plot

After Eric Simpson (Eric Morecambe) nearly gives the Queen a parking ticket, he and Ernest Clark (Ernie Wise) decide to take a holiday in the South Of France. However, when they arrive there, they become unwittingly involved in a jewel theft when the thief Le Pirate decides to use them to smuggle some precious jewels out of the country. He sends the two Englishmen to a sinister villa and sends the beautiful Claudette, a member of his criminal gang, to keep Eric and Ernie occupied while he carries out the various stages of his plan. Confusion ensues however, as the two battle over the love of Claudette, and Eric accidentally wins a large sum of money at a casino. Eventually Eric and Ernie start to get suspicious and start to investigate...