An amusing comedy that benefits from the right casting (Terry-Thomas, Lionel Jeffries, George Sanders, James Villiers, and the lovely Jackie Lane), plus extensive location photography. The script presents us with some good ideas (the ape squad on parade), but the direction, alas, is not exactly right on the ball. In fact, it could be described as a bit hesitant – although both snappy film editing and an inspired, tinkling music score do help to disguise most of the directorial deficiencies. Yes, although he managed to amass over one hundred and forty credits as a director (considerably more than half on television assignments), Robert Day is not especially competent. But he was super fast! In fact, he could adequately be described as an outstanding member of television's "Don't make it good, make it Monday!" school of directing.
Review of Operation Snatch
