You Lucky People! (1955)

You Lucky People!: Directed by Maurice Elvey. With Tommy Trinder, Mary Parker, Dora Bryan, R.S.M. Brittain. Tribulations of inept reservists who find a fortnight’s training an unwelcome interruption.

“Tommy Trinder was a star in his day and this was meant to be a vehicle for him. I guess if you like Tommy Trinder then this film will have some appeal but otherwise it is at best a quaint and not terribly funny period piece.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe premise of u0026#39;army life meets reservists/new recruitsu0026#39; is one that had already been explored and would be explored again. I guess the humour is largely lost on todayu0026#39;s folk that didnu0026#39;t have military life as part of the common experience. As others have noted this film serves to highlight what a good film Carry on Sergeant is. Cast aside, I suppose this film could claim that it isnu0026#39;t any worse than u0026#39;down amongst the Z-menu0026#39; but the latter at least has a catchy song in it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe BFI have taken the trouble to digitally remaster this film and whilst it wouldnu0026#39;t have been top of my list for this treatment, they have done a decent job of it. The anamorphic lens used for the cinemascope-esque wide screen did produce some weird artefacts though; there is quite a lot of distortion at the edges of the frame which I found a bit distracting.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOverall there are other films in this genre which better deserve a viewing than this one.”