Follow-up to Salt and Pepper where Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. played two very middle-aged swingers running a night spot called Salt and Pepper. This time around the two get into trouble for repeated problems and ask Lawford's lookalike brother(yes, he plays him as well) for money. Turns out he is a Lord and owns the family castle given up by Pepper so long ago. Also turns out he is involved in smuggling diamonds and is a double agent, etc... Lawford's brother is killed and Lawford as Pepper assumes his brother's role and hilarity is to ensue - NOT! While I believe this to be a more engaging and slightly more amusing vehicle than the original Salt and Pepper, it really doesn't have a lot going for it. Jerry Lewis directs his buddies Davis and Lawford and with his special brand of humour. We get Davis trying to be Jerry Lewis in several scenes: a scene with him seeing how everything is huge in his new bedroom at the castle where he looks and everything looks so huge. I have seen Lewis pull this same thing countless times. Davis; not sure if this is a compliment or not, is no Lewis; however. He just doesn't have the same lunatic spirit though he has some scenes which are slightly amusing. Most of the time he does come off as being very flat because the material is so tiresome and over-used. The brightest spots in the movie are Lawford's as he pulls off playing the two brothers really rather well. The plot is ridiculous. Are we really to believe that these two over-the-hill guys are hip swingers? Davis of course sings a few tunes including the somewhat catchy "One More Time" as the opening and end credits roll. For me the only fascinating aspect of the film is the addition of Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in brief - and I mean BRIEF - cameos. In one scene Davis finds a wooden secret panel in the castle that has behind it , down some steps, a laboratory with Cushing standing, a woman on a gurney, and Lee bearing fangs. Cushing has a brief line or so as does Lee. Their screen time is embarrassingly slight. Why Lewis didn't given them a bit more time amazes me as THIS scene is the opening scene in this film's theatrical trailer! Unfortunately Cushing and Lee maybe have 30 seconds of screen time. But if you are a completist in either's filmography, you will have to endure One More Time at least once.
14 Reviews
wrong not to tell him
SnoopyStyle11 August 2020
In London, Chris Pepper (Peter Lawford) and Charlie Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) get arrested and lose their nightclub. Chris' twin brother Lord Sydney Pepper is tired of the embarrassment. He's willing to pay their fines but insists that they leave the country. They refuse. They go live it up with Chris pretending to be Sydney. Then Chris finds Sydney's dead body. He decides to switch places but it turns out that Sydney had been murdered.
Chris should have told Charlie as soon as possible. This should be a buddy comedy. For that to happen, they need to be both in on the scam and then both get in trouble. This could have been a fun screwball comedy as the duo gets chased around by the killers. It's not funny with Chris hiding the truth in the first half. Sammy is sort of released in the second half. I can certainly see the comedic potential of this pairing. Apparently, this is a sequel and maybe the first one is better.
Chris should have told Charlie as soon as possible. This should be a buddy comedy. For that to happen, they need to be both in on the scam and then both get in trouble. This could have been a fun screwball comedy as the duo gets chased around by the killers. It's not funny with Chris hiding the truth in the first half. Sammy is sort of released in the second half. I can certainly see the comedic potential of this pairing. Apparently, this is a sequel and maybe the first one is better.
Cringey but watchable
quridley12 June 2018
It's your standard Jerry Lewis directed film. While a great actor and praised by the French for how weird his directing is, Lewis is not a funny director. He's so indulgent, ego driven and dismissive of the audience. The whole thing is an obvious love letter to Dean Martin that remakes the style of the old Martin/Lewis comedies. But people expected an Ocean's 11 spinoff, not Sammy Davis Jr doing a Jerry impression for 3/4ths of the runtime.
For Jerry fans, it is one of his most bizarre and well budgeted films so Lewis makes his directing the star. It's never funny but it is experimental technically. It's dated and somewhat offensive politically: racism is treated as a joke, minorities buffoons, women are ornaments and Lewis, Sammy and Lawford are way too old to try to be hip or youthful. I enjoyed the minor action scenes which were the biggest stretch for Lewis and there is a clever plot in there (not written by Jerry) but it's trashed for long unfunny mugging takes and unoriginal slapstick that slows everything down. Some will find that genius but it's obviously Lewis exploiting the opportunity he was given and loading up on filler rather than thinking hard or saying anything or putting the sauced fun on-set on to the screen.
For Jerry fans, it is one of his most bizarre and well budgeted films so Lewis makes his directing the star. It's never funny but it is experimental technically. It's dated and somewhat offensive politically: racism is treated as a joke, minorities buffoons, women are ornaments and Lewis, Sammy and Lawford are way too old to try to be hip or youthful. I enjoyed the minor action scenes which were the biggest stretch for Lewis and there is a clever plot in there (not written by Jerry) but it's trashed for long unfunny mugging takes and unoriginal slapstick that slows everything down. Some will find that genius but it's obviously Lewis exploiting the opportunity he was given and loading up on filler rather than thinking hard or saying anything or putting the sauced fun on-set on to the screen.
Who Let Them Vegas Cats Out?
hillari11 December 2000
In this sequel to Salt and Pepper, Pepper's brother, an English lord is killed, and Pepper impersonates him to find out who did it. He doesn't tell his friend Salt, who is distrustful of Pepper's brother. This is yet another attempt to recreate the good times of earlier Rat Pack movies, but they should have stopped after Robin and The Seven Hoods. The plot gets worse and worse, and by the end, it is a total mess, with Davis and Lawford breaking out of character to talk to the audience.
Pointless
aramis-112-8048806 April 2018
The two very famous stars (at the time, in the notorious Frank Sinatra orbit), in their mid- to late-forties, were playing silly "hip" and "mod" types, in a typical late 60s Silly-British-James-Bond-Rip-Off.
Apparently this movie was a sequel to "Salt and Pepper" (which I have not seen), about two nightclub owners Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Pepper (Peter Lawford). It's not as weird as it seems back then, stars were stars even if they were middle-aged. These days if you're over thirty you can't be a lead; but in the good old days of freewheeling movie-making you could be in your fifties and a heart throb. And this movie is pretty freewheeling, as it was directed by the totally unprofessional Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin's sidekick and most famous these days for telethons and running around yelling, "Lay-dee! Lay-dee!" Jerry Lewis was a megalomaniac of the worst kind, one with no discernible talent. He does a lousy job which was a shame, since Sammy Davis, Jr. had enormous talent. He could sing, dance, act and do voices. He was one of the most talented individuals in the public eye in the twentieth century and it shows through. But mostly, Lewis lets Davis run around with as little discipline as himself.
Everything looks like it might have been put together by amateurs for a college course. The plot is silly, but lots of them were back then. It was a kind of "deconstruction" of movies in the late 60s. Watch Tony Curtis movies like "Arrivederci, Baby!" or Dean Martin's "Matt Helm" flicks (which may have drawn Lewis to this project, as he always liked to play "catch up" with Martin). Silly was in, but this flick was hardly as well done as later with the Abrahams/Zucker or the Farrelly Bros.
Apart from keeping Lawford and and Davis in the public eye and keeping them "cool," I can't think of a reason for making this movie at all. The plot is silly, the acting is on par with people who know they're doing a picture of little value, and Lewis made a hash of the direction. It's one of the movies you watch through just so you'll never have to see it again.
Highlights: 1) Mix-up of the opening credits (you know you're in trouble if that's the best part); 2) a couple of good cameos in unexpected places (okay, if you're in imdb you can see Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are in it; and though they're only there for a few seconds, they lift the movie momentarily.
Apparently this movie was a sequel to "Salt and Pepper" (which I have not seen), about two nightclub owners Salt (Sammy Davis Jr.) and Pepper (Peter Lawford). It's not as weird as it seems back then, stars were stars even if they were middle-aged. These days if you're over thirty you can't be a lead; but in the good old days of freewheeling movie-making you could be in your fifties and a heart throb. And this movie is pretty freewheeling, as it was directed by the totally unprofessional Jerry Lewis, Dean Martin's sidekick and most famous these days for telethons and running around yelling, "Lay-dee! Lay-dee!" Jerry Lewis was a megalomaniac of the worst kind, one with no discernible talent. He does a lousy job which was a shame, since Sammy Davis, Jr. had enormous talent. He could sing, dance, act and do voices. He was one of the most talented individuals in the public eye in the twentieth century and it shows through. But mostly, Lewis lets Davis run around with as little discipline as himself.
Everything looks like it might have been put together by amateurs for a college course. The plot is silly, but lots of them were back then. It was a kind of "deconstruction" of movies in the late 60s. Watch Tony Curtis movies like "Arrivederci, Baby!" or Dean Martin's "Matt Helm" flicks (which may have drawn Lewis to this project, as he always liked to play "catch up" with Martin). Silly was in, but this flick was hardly as well done as later with the Abrahams/Zucker or the Farrelly Bros.
Apart from keeping Lawford and and Davis in the public eye and keeping them "cool," I can't think of a reason for making this movie at all. The plot is silly, the acting is on par with people who know they're doing a picture of little value, and Lewis made a hash of the direction. It's one of the movies you watch through just so you'll never have to see it again.
Highlights: 1) Mix-up of the opening credits (you know you're in trouble if that's the best part); 2) a couple of good cameos in unexpected places (okay, if you're in imdb you can see Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing are in it; and though they're only there for a few seconds, they lift the movie momentarily.
A vanity project...mostly of interest to their die-hard fans.
planktonrules29 December 2018
Through the course of the 1960s, the so-called 'Rat Pack' splintered apart. After a perceived slight, Frank Sinatra completely broke off his relationship with Peter Lawford and the old Vegas Rat Pack days were over. Despite this, Lawford managed to maintain his friendship with another Rat Packer...Sammy Davis. So, it's not particularly surprising that the pair made a film together in 1968, "Salt and Pepper". What WAS surprising about this vanity project was that two years later, they made a sequel...and this one was directed by none other than Jerry Lewis.
Once again, Charlie Salt (Sammy Davis) and Christopher Pepper (Peter Lawford) are swinging friends in London. However, after getting in trouble with the law, the pair go to Christopher's brother, Lord Sydney Pepper (also played by Lawford) for money. Chris' estranged twin brother wants little to do with him and the pair have a big fight. Later, when Chris returns to Lord Sydney's flat, he finds his brother on the floor...dead. For some inexplicable reason (none of which is apparent to the audience), Chris pretends to be Sydney....and doesn't tell his partner that he's alive. What also is inexplicable is that Chris isn't particularly curious about WHO killed his brother...as well as worrying that they might now try to kill him! Plot holes? Oh, you betcha!
The film is a combination buddy film, comedy and action/adventure film...with some musical numbers by Davis tossed into the mix...even though they really seem out of place. Overall, the film screams 'Vanity Project!!'....and it looks clear that Lawford and Davis had a great time making the film...though only the most ardent fans would share this enthusiasm. The laughs are mostly tired and over-done, there is excessive mugging at the camera, the plot illogical and the film tough going for the average person...particularly someone NOT enamored or familiar with these actors.
By the way, fans of British horror might at least enjoy seeing a cameo by Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing...which somes from out of no where in the last half of the film. Also, there is talk about a sequel to "One More Time" at the end of the movie...this never came to be.
Once again, Charlie Salt (Sammy Davis) and Christopher Pepper (Peter Lawford) are swinging friends in London. However, after getting in trouble with the law, the pair go to Christopher's brother, Lord Sydney Pepper (also played by Lawford) for money. Chris' estranged twin brother wants little to do with him and the pair have a big fight. Later, when Chris returns to Lord Sydney's flat, he finds his brother on the floor...dead. For some inexplicable reason (none of which is apparent to the audience), Chris pretends to be Sydney....and doesn't tell his partner that he's alive. What also is inexplicable is that Chris isn't particularly curious about WHO killed his brother...as well as worrying that they might now try to kill him! Plot holes? Oh, you betcha!
The film is a combination buddy film, comedy and action/adventure film...with some musical numbers by Davis tossed into the mix...even though they really seem out of place. Overall, the film screams 'Vanity Project!!'....and it looks clear that Lawford and Davis had a great time making the film...though only the most ardent fans would share this enthusiasm. The laughs are mostly tired and over-done, there is excessive mugging at the camera, the plot illogical and the film tough going for the average person...particularly someone NOT enamored or familiar with these actors.
By the way, fans of British horror might at least enjoy seeing a cameo by Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing...which somes from out of no where in the last half of the film. Also, there is talk about a sequel to "One More Time" at the end of the movie...this never came to be.
One Bad Time
bravo7822 May 2014
An unfunny disjointed mess of a movie. Directed by Jerry Lewis, it's apparent the movie was a vehicle for Sammy to channel the comedic stylings of Lewis. Safe to say, Sammy is no Jerry.
The plot has Lawford assume the identity of his wealthy slain twin brother by getting the police to believe it was his character (Pepper) that was killed. And he keeps this little secret from his best buddy Sammy (Salt). Movie moves to big castle and no hilarity ensues.
Lewis has Sammy engage in some comedic 'bits' where Sammy has difficulty crossing the street, difficulty with a teapot, difficulty with a water heater and unwittingly encountering some Satanic ritual. All fall flat. Really flat. The teapot scene was just pathetic.
And unlike their earlier pairing in 'Salt and Pepper', Sammy and Lawford now seem devoid of chemistry.
'One More Time' is for Jerry Lewis and Rat Pack fans only.
The plot has Lawford assume the identity of his wealthy slain twin brother by getting the police to believe it was his character (Pepper) that was killed. And he keeps this little secret from his best buddy Sammy (Salt). Movie moves to big castle and no hilarity ensues.
Lewis has Sammy engage in some comedic 'bits' where Sammy has difficulty crossing the street, difficulty with a teapot, difficulty with a water heater and unwittingly encountering some Satanic ritual. All fall flat. Really flat. The teapot scene was just pathetic.
And unlike their earlier pairing in 'Salt and Pepper', Sammy and Lawford now seem devoid of chemistry.
'One More Time' is for Jerry Lewis and Rat Pack fans only.
Sammy IS Jerry!
curtis-829 June 2010
Even if you don't like the earlier film, "Salt and Pepper," you have to admit that it is a paragon of structure and traditional storytelling compared its sequel, "One More Time." That's not to say that the second Davis Jr/Lawford team up isn't enjoyable--it is just bizarrely different from the original. "Salt and Pepper," directed by Richard Donner--veteran director of some of the Sixties' best TV series, and later of the classic action/comedies in the Lethal Weapon and Superman series of films--was a light and breezy "Rat Pack" action/comedy. It was wholly conventional for its time. But when it came time for the sequel, the producers apparently decided that the success of the first film was due more to the comedy elements than the thriller elements. With that in mind they made the obvious choice for their new director—Jerry Lewis. The singular Lewis had never directed a film starring anyone else but himself, so I'm not sure what the producers expected would happen. Well, the result was that Jerry didn't just add a few comic touches to the already proved formula. He took the thing over entirely and made "One More Time" a pure 100% Jerry Lewis film, with all that means for good and bad. If you're familiar with Lewis' film-making, you know that his films are very light on plot (ranging from hardly any as in "Cinderfella" to none at all as in "The Bellboy" and "Hardly Working.") and very heavy on surreal jokes, visual gags and his own patented mugging and clowning. Well, the plot of "One More Time" is this: Lawford impersonates his rich brother, who is mysteriously murdered, and Davis Jr. doesn't figure it out until near the end. That's about it. The film is 90 minutes long and at least an hour of that is just Sammy Davis Jr. doing a spot on Lewis imitation in a series of increasingly strange and barely connected (but often funny) vignettes as he rambles about in Lawford's ill-gotten English manor. If you go into this film expecting anything different (as the audiences in 1970 did) then you're going to be sorely disappointed (as the audiences in 1970 were). But if you go in expecting a Jerry Lewis film—you get a pretty good one!
nothing great here but worth watching
jewelch30 March 2021
This was a good movie with slight holes in the plot. Once you suspend your disbelief though, its a good time. Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Jr. Work well together and play off of each others' strengths. The only downside is to see how much they aged in the two years from "Salt and Pepper." James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 3/30/2021.
An embarrassingly unfunny film
moten2001 February 2021
Had an opportunity recently to see this film for the first time on late night television. What a horrible waste of talent in this sordid mess of a film. Cannot figure out why a legend like Sammy Davis would be in a film this bad. He must have needed the money at the time.
A Jerry Lewis film without Jerry Lewis
ShadeGrenade25 August 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I've always had a soft spot for 1968's 'Salt & Pepper', in which Sammy Davis Junior and Peter Lawford played 'Charles Salt' and 'Christopher Pepper', trendy London nightclub owners caught up in an espionage plot.
Two years later, the dynamic duo were back, only this time the results were nowhere near as successful.
The Salt and Pepper club has been closed down by the police, and they have to pay £500 each or face prison. Pepper asks his snooty rich twin brother, Lord Sydney ( also Lawford ), for the money. The lord agrees provided that both men leave the country for good. After a heated row, Pepper decides to get his own back by impersonating his twin in order to secure a free meal in a posh restaurant. Returning to Lord Sydney's apartment, however, he finds him dead, shot by an African blow-pipe. The sneaky Pepper decides to go on play acting, and make the world think that Christopher Pepper is now dead. The killers are still out there, however, and want back the diamonds Lord Sydney stole from them...
So we have moved away from the world of espionage and into the realm of crime, making the film an altogether different affair, lacking the wild action sequences of the first. Replacing Richard Donner in the director's chair is none other than Jerry Lewis. We get an idea of what a Lewis and Martin film might have looked like had one been made in the late '60's. Davis Junior, in particular, behaves like Jerry, especially in the scene where he prowls around Pepperworth Castle to the accompaniment of the theme to '2001: A Space Odyssey', released two years earlier. Another funny moment is when Tombs ( Sydney Arnold ) the elderly butler lumbers into Pepper's dining room. By the time he reaches them with the food Salt and Pepper have acquired five o'clock shadow.
Like a lot of Lewis' movies, there is an unfortunate tendency towards sentimentality and self-indulgence. Salt's grieving for his friend brings the comedy to a screeching halt, and his impersonation of 'The Chocolate Dandy' should have been left on the cutting room floor.
Michael Bates' incompetent 'Inspector Crabbe' was supposed to reappear ( he is in Michael Avallone's novelisation ). Instead we get Leslie Sands as 'Inspector Glock', who's nowhere near as amusing. The book also suggests that the movie was written originally for a much bigger budget; there is a funny scene where Salt and Pepper wreak havoc in an aeroplane. It is not in the finished film.
As was the case with 'Salt & Pepper', the British supporting cast are first rate, in particular Allan Cuthbertson, Dudley Sutton, Anthony Nicholls, Moultrie Kelsall, Peter Reeves, Bill Maynard ( as a Bondian villain with a shaved head ), and Glyn Owen. The music was by Les Reed, co-composer of many Tom Jones hits. Check out Pepper's groovy lounge; you need sunglasses just to admire the decor.
Things To Look Out For: a cameo by Christopher Lee as 'Count Dracula' and Peter Cushing as 'Baron Frankenstein'!
Not up to the first film then, but some good moments on display and overall a lot better than many of the Lewis vehicles of that period.
Two years later, the dynamic duo were back, only this time the results were nowhere near as successful.
The Salt and Pepper club has been closed down by the police, and they have to pay £500 each or face prison. Pepper asks his snooty rich twin brother, Lord Sydney ( also Lawford ), for the money. The lord agrees provided that both men leave the country for good. After a heated row, Pepper decides to get his own back by impersonating his twin in order to secure a free meal in a posh restaurant. Returning to Lord Sydney's apartment, however, he finds him dead, shot by an African blow-pipe. The sneaky Pepper decides to go on play acting, and make the world think that Christopher Pepper is now dead. The killers are still out there, however, and want back the diamonds Lord Sydney stole from them...
So we have moved away from the world of espionage and into the realm of crime, making the film an altogether different affair, lacking the wild action sequences of the first. Replacing Richard Donner in the director's chair is none other than Jerry Lewis. We get an idea of what a Lewis and Martin film might have looked like had one been made in the late '60's. Davis Junior, in particular, behaves like Jerry, especially in the scene where he prowls around Pepperworth Castle to the accompaniment of the theme to '2001: A Space Odyssey', released two years earlier. Another funny moment is when Tombs ( Sydney Arnold ) the elderly butler lumbers into Pepper's dining room. By the time he reaches them with the food Salt and Pepper have acquired five o'clock shadow.
Like a lot of Lewis' movies, there is an unfortunate tendency towards sentimentality and self-indulgence. Salt's grieving for his friend brings the comedy to a screeching halt, and his impersonation of 'The Chocolate Dandy' should have been left on the cutting room floor.
Michael Bates' incompetent 'Inspector Crabbe' was supposed to reappear ( he is in Michael Avallone's novelisation ). Instead we get Leslie Sands as 'Inspector Glock', who's nowhere near as amusing. The book also suggests that the movie was written originally for a much bigger budget; there is a funny scene where Salt and Pepper wreak havoc in an aeroplane. It is not in the finished film.
As was the case with 'Salt & Pepper', the British supporting cast are first rate, in particular Allan Cuthbertson, Dudley Sutton, Anthony Nicholls, Moultrie Kelsall, Peter Reeves, Bill Maynard ( as a Bondian villain with a shaved head ), and Glyn Owen. The music was by Les Reed, co-composer of many Tom Jones hits. Check out Pepper's groovy lounge; you need sunglasses just to admire the decor.
Things To Look Out For: a cameo by Christopher Lee as 'Count Dracula' and Peter Cushing as 'Baron Frankenstein'!
Not up to the first film then, but some good moments on display and overall a lot better than many of the Lewis vehicles of that period.
Both good and not so good!
JohnHowardReid16 June 2016
Warning: Spoilers
An odd scene in which Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing make their brief appearances as Dracula and Frankenstein respectively, distinguishes a not very distinguished but occasionally likable caper through an olde English castle. Peter Lawford makes an unintentionally laughable attempt at a dual role, but Sammy Davis puts over a couple of songs capably. In other respects, his high jinks and constant mugging betray the directorial hand of Jerry Lewis whose celebrated directorial talent for smashing up sets is also on a modified display here. The script, such as it is, could be described as a somewhat meandering peg, but at least it allows for opportunities for a couple of less familiar character actors to ham it up with the principals. As usual, Lewis is overfond of both close-up and zoom lenses. Alan Cuthbertson has a brief scene and then completely disappears. The film has bright photography and was obviously made on a fairish budget. All in all, it could be described as an unfunny knockabout farce, but it does have its moments of genuine amusement – almost despite its general air of directorial, editorial and thespian ineptness.
One More Time Wasn't Needed
Michael_Elliott26 September 2017
One More Time (1970)
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Charles Salt (Sammy Davis, Jr.) and Christopher Pepper (Peter Lawford) are once again on the run after being connected to a murder of the rich Lord Syndey Pepper (Lawford).
ONE MORE TIME really shouldn't have been made and I'm really not sure why it was. This here is a sequel to SALT AND PEPPER, which apparently made enough money at the box office where the producers thought a sequel would be a good idea. For some reason, Jerry Lewis was brought on to direct the picture. I viewed this shortly after the legendary comedian passed away. Days after I went through countless talk show appearances and various interviews and yet I never heard him talk about this film.
With all of that said, I wasn't a fan of the original picture and this one here was pretty much more of the same as we get Davis and Lawford running around, trying to be funny but being letdown by a pretty bland screenplay. There's just nothing fresh or original here and both stars just appear to be going by the numbers. What's even stranger is that Lewis stayed behind the camera yet he has Davis doing this strange scenes that just don't work. Davis is pretty much asked to act like Lewis but it's not funny and it's more awkward than anything else.
The film has some fairly poor pacing and there simply weren't enough laughs here to make the film worth sitting through. If you enjoyed the first film then perhaps you'll enjoy this one a tad bit more than I did. The highlight is without question a cameo by a couple British stars.
* 1/2 (out of 4)
Charles Salt (Sammy Davis, Jr.) and Christopher Pepper (Peter Lawford) are once again on the run after being connected to a murder of the rich Lord Syndey Pepper (Lawford).
ONE MORE TIME really shouldn't have been made and I'm really not sure why it was. This here is a sequel to SALT AND PEPPER, which apparently made enough money at the box office where the producers thought a sequel would be a good idea. For some reason, Jerry Lewis was brought on to direct the picture. I viewed this shortly after the legendary comedian passed away. Days after I went through countless talk show appearances and various interviews and yet I never heard him talk about this film.
With all of that said, I wasn't a fan of the original picture and this one here was pretty much more of the same as we get Davis and Lawford running around, trying to be funny but being letdown by a pretty bland screenplay. There's just nothing fresh or original here and both stars just appear to be going by the numbers. What's even stranger is that Lewis stayed behind the camera yet he has Davis doing this strange scenes that just don't work. Davis is pretty much asked to act like Lewis but it's not funny and it's more awkward than anything else.
The film has some fairly poor pacing and there simply weren't enough laughs here to make the film worth sitting through. If you enjoyed the first film then perhaps you'll enjoy this one a tad bit more than I did. The highlight is without question a cameo by a couple British stars.
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