Ist ja irre – Der dreiste Cowboy (1965)

Ist ja irre – Der dreiste Cowboy: Directed by Gerald Thomas. With Sidney James, Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey. Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a “sanitary engineer” (plumber) by the name of Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal! Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids – revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise…

“This is virtually a straight copy of those Bob Hope Westerns like Paleface and something or other Jesse James. Weedy bloke becomes sheriff after case of mistaken identity. With Carry On films, though, thereu0026#39;s the Jim Dale rule, which is that the movies Jim Dale stars in are usually sweet, with a bit of a plot, and the ones he doesnu0026#39;t tend to be pre-peak or just terrible, like At Your Convenience or the camply awful Girls, both of which remain fascinating social documents but are genuinely bad films.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enCowboy isnu0026#39;t a good film, of course, but it is likeable. Thereu0026#39;s a great song. Sid James isnu0026#39;t the romantic lead, so you can breathe a sigh of relief and just sit back and enjoy it. Watch without irony – itu0026#39;s not cool to pretend thereu0026#39;s another level to this pretty bad but genuinely charming little British film.”