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A rollicking satire on the Cold War from a script specially commissioned by Mario Zampi as a vehicle for George Cole. Oscar Homolka is hilarious as his minder, but the portrayal of socialists as camp men and butch women and the benign portrait of Stalin's avuncular pipe-smoking 'Uncle Joe' as a guardian angel is a bit disconcerting.

A most delightful film with Cole excellent as the likable stooge in this very British kind of cold war satirical romp through a range of class and national stereotypes, specific to the 1950s cultural landscape. The perils of The Bomb and Communism are sent up with English understatement and in the camp machinations of a host of excellent supporting comic actors. The farcical but oddly understated farce drives along with a brisk pace & under clever noir-like art direction. Much of the material is most topical for its time and so provides an interesting time capsule of British life emerging in the wake of war, including of the ubiquity of "high" indedible guest house kippers.

This film is extremely good. Very funny, especially because of George Cole's playing, revolutionary and unique. I believe it must have been a very annoying film in its age, since it actually presents the English as bad as the Soviets. I can't believe that it's so unknown. It's really very good, very satirical and very revolutionary:(Scientist to Minister: I made a mistake, our bomb will not cost 23.000.000 pounds, it will cost 230.000.000 pounds. Minister: Oh never mind, it's such a slight difference.(Right after that, the scene changes, with a supervisor speaking to a plumber)Supervisor: 23 pounds for the plumbing of a sports center is too much! You got to reduce the cost.)(This wasn't exactly the words but the difference is in the details. I don't think referring this is a spoiler.) I recommend it to everyone this film to everyone, and I personally estimate that this is a G-rated film, PG at worse. Great fun, originality, quality.

Mr Potts Goes to Moscow is a better title. An absolute gem of a film with outstanding performances by all especially George Cole. It's also extremely well cast with an excellent very funny script.

No padding to either get to the desired running time or make it a longer film with the story running along with no time wasted at all. Several digs along the way at the way a Communist country is run with compulsory "comrades" a plenty. The sets were very done and must have been expensive to build.

A surprisingly low number of reviews on IMDB but watch this film if you get the chance as you will like it.

A happy film of the "cold war" period which managed to defuse the tensions of the time and gave one some good belly laughs along the way. Stirling performance by George Cole, and able support from Oscar Homolka and the gorgeous Nadia Gray.