<PERSON>: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Surely if an evil, cackling service provider murderously flips you backwards through a trap door into the stone cellar after nicking your treasure, you go back to the ship and come back mob-handed and dismantle the bastard?
Mr <PERSON> steals the show as the aforementioned greedy villain.
He gets away with the least subtle allusions to his plans for his unfortunate clients, <PERSON>-like as Mr <PERSON> in the cheese department. And that laugh! Awesome.
Stong performances from the supporting cast: <PERSON> goes from a posh sailor to old farmer accent, and <PERSON>’s wily female accomplice is splendid!
Speaking of accents, it’s sweet how <PERSON> and her sailor boyfriend, the comedy sidekicks speak like simpletons, while <PERSON> and her nautical beau speak RP magnificently.
Regional accents are all over the shop now but you can’t expect wokery from the 1930s.
Crossdressing too! 295