The Magnificent Two

The Magnificent Two
British quad poster by Arnaldo Putzu
Directed by	Cliff Owen
Produced by	Hugh Stewart
Written by	Dick Hills and Sid Green Michael Pertwee Peter Blackmore
Based on	a story by Michael Pertwee
Starring	Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Cinematography	Ernest Steward
Edited by	Gerry Hambling
Production company	Rank Organisation
Distributed by	Rank
Release dates	5 July 1967 (London) (UK) (premiere)
Running time	100 min.
Language	English

The Magnificent Two is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Morecambe and Wise in the third and final of their 1960s trio of films. ^[1] They play two British salesmen sent to South America to sell their goods. While there they become involved in a revolution to oust a brutal dictator.^[2]

Cast

Eric Morecambe as Eric
Ernie Wise as Ernie
Margit Saad as Carla
Virgilio Teixeira as Carillo
Cecil Parker as British ambassador
Isobel Black as Juanita
Martin Benson as President Diaz
Tyler Butterworth as Miguel - President's Younger Son
Sandor Elès as Armandez
Victor Maddern as Drunken soldier
Michael Gover as Doctor

Critical reception

Time Out wrote, "in which the comedians' special talents are woefully misused. At least Cliff Owen keeps it pacy, making it the least awful of the trio of movies in which the duo failed to take the cinema by storm" ; ^[3] and TV Guide described it as a "fair comedy." ^[4]

References

↑ "The Magnificent Two". BFI. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
↑ "The Magnificent Two (1967)". IMDb. 14 September 1967. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
↑ "The Magnificent Two". Time Out London. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
↑ "The Magnificent Two". TV Guide. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

Morecambe and Wise

Eric Morecambe Ernie Wise

Associates & co-atars	Eddie Braben (writer) Barry Cryer (writer) Dick Hills & Sid Green (writer) John Junkin (writer) John Ammonds (producer) Bill Cotton (executive) Bernard Delfont (executive) Lew Grade (manager) Michael Grade (manager) Billy Marsh (agent) Ernest Maxin (choreographer/producer) Joseph McGrath (director) Anne Hamilton (co-star) Rex Rashley (co-star) Arthur Tolcher (co-star) Janet Webb (co-star) Peter Cushing (guest star) Des O'Connor (guest star) André Previn (guest star) Leonard Rossiter (guest star) Harold Wilson (guest star) Glenda Jackson (guest star) Vera Lynn (guest star) Tom Jones (guest star) Eric Porter (guest star) Alec Guinness (guest star)

Television	Running Wild (BBC, 1954–55 one series) Two of a Kind (ATV, 1961–68) The Ed Sullivan Show (ABC, 1963–68 guest appearances) Piccadilly Palace (ABC, 1967–68, guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC/Thames, 1968–83 thirteen series)

Radio	Youth Must Have Its Swing (BBC, 1943 guest appearances) You're Only Young Once (BBC, 1953–54 guest appearances) The Show Goes On (BBC, 1955 guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC, 1955 one series) Laughter Incorporated (BBC, 1958 guest appearances) The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC, 1966 one series) Morecambe & Wise Sing Flanagan & Allen (BBC, 1971 one-off) Eric & Ernie Play Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1972 one series) Eric & Ernie's Hall of Fame (BBC, 1974 one series) The Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise Show (BBC, 1975–78 three series) Wise on the Wireless (BBC, 1987–88 two series)

Films	The Intelligence Men (Rank Organisation, 1965 The Spylarks U.S.) That Riviera Touch (Rank Organisation, 1966) The Magnificent Two (Rank Organisation, 1967) Pick of the Year (BBC, Wise only, 1968) Simon, Simon (Hemdale Films & Shillingford Associates, 1970 cameo appearances only) Morecambe & Wise: Live! (Independent, 1973 live stage show) Late Flowering Love (Moving Image Co., 1981 Morecambe Only) Invasion Exercise On The Poultry Farm (Moving Image Co., 1982 Morecambe Only) Night Train to Murder (Thames Euston Films, 1983) The Passionate Pilgrim (Moving Image Co., 1984 Morecambe only)

Songs	"Boom Oo Yatta Ta-Ta" (single) "Two of a Kind" (theme song) "Bingle Jells" (single) "The Happiest Christmas of All" (single) "We're the Guys (Who Drive Your Baby Wild)" (album track) "Just Around the Corner" (theme song) "The "B" Side" (single) "Singing the Blues" (album track) "Songs of Youth" (album track) "A-Wassailing" (album track) "The Pilbroch Bla" (album track) "Bring Me Sunshine" (theme song) "Following You Around" (theme song) "Positive Thinking..." (theme song) "The Sunshine Song" (theme song) "We Get Along So Easily, Don't You Agree?" (theme song)

Books by	The Morecambe & Wise Joke Book (1968, Both) Eric & Ernie: The Autobiography of Morecambe & Wise (1973, both) The Morecambe & Wise Special (1977, Both) Eric & Ernie's Fun Book (1979, Both) Mr Lonely (1981, Morecambe) There's No Answer To That! (1981, Both) Over the Moon...Sick as a Parrot (1982, Morecambe) The Reluctant Vampire (1982, Morecambe) The Vampire's Revenge (1983, Morecambe) Eric Morecambe on Fishing (1984, Morecambe) Stella (1986, Morecambe, with Gary Morecambe) Still On My Way To Hollywood (1990, Wise)

Books about	Eric Morecambe: Funny Man (Gary Morecambe, 1982) Morecambe & Wife (1985, Joan Morecambe) Morecambe & Wise: Behind the Sunshine (1994, Gary Sterling) Eric & Ernie: The Authorised Biography (1998, William Cook) Memories of Eric (1999, Gary Morecambe) Morecambe & Wise: The Official Biography (1999, Graham McCann) Morecambe & Wise: Untold (2008, William Cook) Little Ern!: The Authorised Biography of Ernie Wise (2011, Robert Sellers) Eric & Ernie: The Morecambe & Wise Story (2013, Gary Morecambe) Who Killed Eric Morecambe? (2014, Charles Wallace)

Tribute books	Morecambe & Wise: A Celebration (1998, Eddie Braben) You Can't See The Join (1999, Jeremy Novak) Life's Not Hollywood, It's Cricklewood (2004, Gary Morecambe) Eric Morecambe: Lost Treasures (2005, Gary Morecambe) Morecambe Unseen: The Lost Diaries, Jokes & Photographs (2005, Gary Morecambe) You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (2010, Gary Morecambe) The World of Morecambe & Wise (2011, Smiths) Lost & Found (2012, Gary Morecambe) Driving Mr. Morecambe (2013, Michael Fountain) Eddie Braben's Morecambe & Wise Book (2013, Eddie Braben)

Television tributes	Bring Me Sunshine:A Gala Evening (Thames,1984) Bring Me Sunshine: Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1994) I Worked With Morecambe & Wise...And Look What Happened To Me! (BBC, 1995) The Unforgettable Eric Morecambe (Carlton, 2001) The Adventures of Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 1996) Morecambe & Wise: Encore! (ITV, 1995) Morecambe & Wise: Greatest Moments (Gold, 2008) Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes (BBC, 2010) The Unforgettable Ernie Wise (Carlton, 2011) Bring Me Morecambe & Wise (Gold, 2012)

Other appearances	List of joint appearances Fools Rush In (BBC, 1973) Parkinson (BBC, 1973) The Sweeney: Hearts & Minds (Thames, 1978) Atari Computer Advertisements (ITV, 1981) The Importance of Being Ernie (BBC Arena, 1990) The Sunshine Boys (BBC, 1998) The Heart & Soul of Eric Morecambe (BBC, 1999) The Play What I Wrote (Theatre, 2001) Morecambe & Wise : In Their Own Words (BBC, 2007) Morecambe & Wise : The Show What Paul Merton Did (BBC, 2008) Morecambe (Theatre, 2009) Eric & Ernie (BBC Films, 2010) Morecambe & Wise: Song & Dance (BBC, 2012) The Perfect Morecambe & Wise (BBC, 2013) Morecambe & Wise: In Pieces (BBC, 2014)