The Iron Maiden (1962)
From the producer director team of Peter Rogers and Gerald Thomas comes this Carry On lite British comedy starring Michael Craig as a top aircraft designer whose passion for traction engines, notably The Iron Maiden, gets him in all sorts of trouble with his company and the wealthy American family over in England to do a deal on the new aircraft.
Think The Plane Makers (1963-65) crossed with Last of the Summer Wine with an added traction engine race that is actually rather damn exciting. The Iron Maiden is a warm, family film that could easily be classic comfort viewing with it's quaint English traditions of steam rally's and soon to be quintessential comedy scrapes from director Thomas. Featuring a cast of well known faces including Carry On regulars Joan Sims and Jim Dale alongside the brilliant Cecil Parker, Gilligan's Island fave Alan Hale jr and the lovely Anne Helm and you have a fine British comedy that's well worth your time.
Quality wise, the Network dvd looks and sounds fantastic in it's 1:66:1 glory.
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