The Sandwich Man (1966 film)

His job as a sandwich-board man requires him to wander around London wearing immaculate morning dress (top hat and tails) carrying advertisements.

[1]: 13–14 The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Robert Hartford-Davis' direction displays an astonishing lack of imagination – hackneyed cutting, elementary slips in continuity (blue sky giving way to grey in consecutive shots), and virtually every scene being introduced by having the camera tilt down familiar London landmarks.

What little narrative there is stops dead at regular intervals to allow what amounts to a veritable Who's Who of British character actors to perform while Michael Bentine stands sadly watching on the sidelines.

Up to the minute, trend-setting, cosmopolitan London is here revealed in a series of British comedy clichés (excitable Indians, chirpy cockney housewives, absentminded aristocrats) and in an absurdly pretentious slow motion wrestling match behind the end titles.

"[6] Leslie Halliwell wrote: "Spurned when it was first released, this comedy variety show, mostly in mime, can now be seen of a kind popularised by TV, and may have been simply ahead of its time.