Not Now, Comrade

Not Now, Comrade

British quad poster
Directed by Ray Cooney
Harold Snoad
Produced by Martin C. Schute
Written by Ray Cooney
Based on "Chase Me, Comrade" (play) by Ray Cooney
Starring Leslie Phillips
Windsor Davies
Carol Hawkins
Music by Harry Robertson (as Harry Robinson)
Cinematography Jack Hildyard
Edited by Peter Thornton
Production
company
Not Now Films (Independent)
Distributed by EMI (UK)
Release dates
  • 1976 (1976)
Running time
89 min.
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Not Now, Comrade is a 1976 British comedy film directed by Ray Cooney. It was a very loose follow up to the 1973 farce Not Now, Darling. It featured a number of British comedy actors of the era including Leslie Phillips, Windsor Davies, Don Estelle and Ian Lavender.[1] The film was shot at Elstree studios, and was intended as the second in a series of ‘Not Now’ movies, but box office returns for the film, unlike those of its predecessor, were disappointing. [2][3]

Plot

Russian ballet dancer Rudi Petrovyan wants to defect. Unable to reach the British embassy, and pursued by the KGB, he hides out with, and falls for, stripper Barbara Wilcox. But Rudi's escape route in the boot of a Triumph backfires when he accidentally climbs into the wrong car, and ends up in the country home of unsuspecting naval Commander Rimmington (Leslie Phillips).

Cast

Critical reception

The Radio Times called the film a "horrid comedy of errors," adding, "for the sake of a hard-working cast, let's draw a discreet Iron Curtain over the whole charade";[4] whereas the British Comedy Guide noted, "a really delightful forgotten gem of British cinema comedy";[5] and Time Out said, "from the darkest days of British cinema, a farrago which began life as Cooney's Whitehall farce, Chase Me, Comrade."[6]

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