Loot is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Silvio Narizzano starring Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea and Roy Holder.

[3] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Opening out Joe Orton's comedy, [Narizzano] succeeds admirably in preserving its black tone.

The frame often contains as many colours as in Chabrol's A Double Tour [1959], but here they are deliberately rendered by Austin Dempster in the garishness of a biscuit tin, with nauseating clashes between orange, mauve, lemon-yellow and mismatching tones of green.

Reworked by TV writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, it's wholly faithful to Orton's surreal sense of humour and the extreme tackiness of the characters, especially Richard Attenborough who clearly delights in playing the creepiest, kinkiest detective you'll ever see.

"[7] British film critic Leslie Halliwell said: "Breakneck black farce which still can't move quite fast enough to cover up its bad taste, though well done by all concerned.

"[8] According to the screenwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, in 2012 Orton's agent Peggy Ramsay was complimentary: "... even she couldn't tell where he'd finished and where we started.