The Great McGonagall
1974, 85 minutes, Rated M
In this high-camp farce, Goons legend Spike Milligan stars as William Topaz McGonagall, an unemployed Scottish weaver and aspiring poet laureate who falls in love with Queen Victoria, played brilliantly by Peter Sellers - and thereafter devotes his banal poetry to her.
Though McGonagall's solicitations are rejected by the Queen, it doesn't stop the turgid prose, and pathos, from overflowing as McGonagall hilariously attempts to become the greatest poet in the land.
The image of the bad poet, trapped by his romanticism and inspired by a muse with a tin ear, appealed mightily to Spike Milligan, and this cult British spoof features the Goons show maestro at his ridiculous, genre-defying best.
- Director:
- Joseph McGrath [2],
- Starring:
- Julia Foster [2], Spike Milligan [4], John Bluthal [14], Valentine Dyall [1], Victor Spinetti [2], Peter Sellers [39],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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