Sellers and Milligan rewrite a movie mid-shoot. Chaos ensues. Obviously.
Supposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a London museum. Along the way he meets characters not dissimilar to Eccles, Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister from The Goon Show. This attempt to adapt Goon humour to the big screen was written by Harry Booth, Jon Penington and regular Goon show co-writer Larry Stephens. It was then heavily rewritten on the filmset by Sellers and Milligan.
Acting
Sellers and Milligan inventing new characters on set.
Writing
Script rewritten live—organized chaos as art form.
Director
Joseph Sterling
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The entire film was shot in just three days at Walton Studios with a budget that wouldn't cover a modern car commercial. Sellers and Milligan reportedly threw out most of the original script on day one.
This was the Goons' only proper big-screen outing together—Sellers would soon abandon Milligan for Hollywood, making this a fossil of their creative partnership before fame fractured it. The 'Schizophrenoscope' joke is pure Milligan: mocking 3D cinema gimmicks while creating his own fake one.
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