Stars: Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, William Franklyn, April Olrich, Richard Vernon, Suzanne Lloyd, Paul Stassino, Margit Saad, Cecil Parker, Virgilio Texera, Isobel Black

Director: Robert Asher

Summary: Three films featuring the comic duo Morecambe and Wise. In the spy spoof 'The Intelligence Men' a man becomes involved in the world of espionage and assassination. In 'That Riviera Touch' the duo become involved with jewel smugglers whilst on holiday in the French Riviera. In 'The Magnificent Two' the duo find themselves involved with a rebel group when one of them is mistaken for their leader.

This box set collects the three movies made by popular British comedy double act Morecambe and Wise: THE INTELLIGENCE MEN, THAT RIVIERA TOUCH and THE MAGNIFICENT TWO.

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The Morecambe &Wise Collectionbrings together the total cinematic oeuvre of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise: The Intelligence Men(1965), That Riviera Touch(1966) and The Magnificent Two(1967). Though intermittently amusing, they serve mostly to confirm that Morecambe &Wise did the smart thing in devoting the majority of their career to television sketch show. Their comedy was most potent in small doses.

The Intelligence Menis an obvious but likeable parody of the early Bond films and sets the pattern for all three films: Eric and Ernie as two well-meaning blunderers cast into an unfamiliar milieu (in this case, international espionage) and forced to survive armed with little more than a repertoire of wince-inducing puns.

That Riviera Touchis an obvious but likeable parody of the heist genre. Again, Eric and Ernie are cast as hapless ingénues, in this case a pair of traffic wardens whose holiday in France intersects with the plottings of a gang of jewel thieves. If anything, it's even more contrived than that sounds, but the scenes in which Eric cleans out the casino by accident are wonderfully understated, and a reminder of a peerless comic actor.

The Magnificent Two, the final and by some distance the least funny of the three, is an updated though rather laboured subversion of the Spaghetti Western, relying rather too much on the notion that anything and everything to do with foreigners is inherently hilarious.

On the DVD:The Morecambe &Wise Collectionhas English subtitles for all three discs and all include the original cinematic trailer. That Riviera Touchis presented in 4:3 format, the remaining two in 16:9. As special features go, these are annoyingly desultory for a release that will certainly only be purchased by die-hard fans. It wouldn't have killed the producers to commission some liner notes at the very least.--Andrew Mueller

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen, 4:3 Full Frame
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Year:	1965
Release Date:	May 20, 2002
Runtime:	284 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	37115 02543
Label:	Rank
Keywords:	Collection, Comedy, Movie, Box, General, Morecambe, Wise, Triple, Set
Genre:	Comedy