The pure genius of Peter Cook on full display. A breathtakingly brilliant twist on the Faust story, with a script to sell your soul for! You can't fail to be bedazzled by this British masterpiece.

Wow! A bit of a revolution in British crime movie making. And superb entertainment.

Another of those daring socially aware movies in among the grime of inner city London, only this one's too brilliant to be depressing.

Should be a slight film this, given the fairly whimsical idea, but this movie is anything but slight, it is a minor classic. And that's all down to the best in British acting and great directing.

Simple British fun. The format is clearly starting to look saggy now, but the regulars put in a stout performance to send up British conservatism, and our strange love for holidaying in wet fields.

Masterful film version of a mesmerising piece of modern theatre.

Roeg's superb photography redeems a dramatically flat period piece.

A type of oddity that the British do so well. The story itself is the compelling thing in this movie. It could be directed with more flair perhaps, but it does have a classy feel.

Very gently made tear jerker with a sensitive performance by McDowell.

Well made mystery thriller which uses its location well.

Cheap as chips but much fun, another imaginative movie with a camp style of horror in the best British tradition.

Great film spin off of a so-so sit-com. It works better as one film than it did as an endless and predictable TV series.

In essence a load of arty nonsense but you can see its influence in films that soon followed, such Clockwork Orange, Villain and Get Carter. Worth watching for a ludicrously camp Mick Jagger.