, 1h11 Directed byMaclean Rogers OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ThemesMilitary humor in film, Spy films ActorsPeter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine, Graham Stark, Miriam Karlin Roles Landlord Rating43% Harry Jones (Secombe) is a clerk in Mr. Crab's general mercantile store and an amateur actor in community theatre, where he is currently playing a Scotland Yard inspector, "Batts of the Yard". When the absentminded Prof. Osrick Purehart (Bentine) leaves a secret military formula in the store, mayhem ensues as two suspicious secret agents, who have been shadowing the professor, question Harry regarding the formula.