Rating of
3/4
Double trouble
Bribaba - wrote on 05/04/11
Totally mental British film from 1970. Twins arrive in London on an overnight coach wearing matching fluorescent jackets and clutching a teddy-bear (always a sign of evil). They’ve not even unpacked their bags before they murder their new landlady and get invited to an inevitably swinging’ party. Jacki (Judy Geeson) is the female half of the twins and looks lovely even in the aforementioned garment, which is more than can be said for Julian. He’s the possessive twin who swings both ways and whose love for his sister is less than wholesome. They attend a few parties, talk to their teddy and get mixed up with some menacing Earls Court transvestites, a liaison that leads to blackmail and murder.
There’s nothing here that can really be called a narrative, it’s more like someone thought a swinging London movie with a psycho tilt would be really groovy. But in fact, the film is based upon Ask Agamemnon by Jenni Hall (no, I’ve never heard of it, either). It’s a strangely compelling tale with an admirable wildness. The cast are game except Michael Redgrave, who has that ‘what am I doing in this rubbish?’ air about him. The general feeling of psychosis is summed up best by The Peddlers funky theme song: (‘when the world comes knocking‘) Tell The World We're Not In.
