Somewhere on Leave

Wartime Britain had a film industry capable in those dark days both of reaching the heights of the sublime with 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp' and the depths of the ridiculous with this stilted but popular low comedy (with which it actually shares a couple of supporting actors).

Although he today seems as funny as ringworm, Frank Randle actually proves surprisingly agile in sequences requiring physical prowess, such as when he attempts to negotiate a trampoline, a horse, a staircase and - most surprisingly - a dancefloor.