The picture has many bright moments but ultimately never delivers the hearty laughter one would want from a send-up of the French Revolution (it would take Mel Brooks and his History of the World: Part I to do it just right).

The film flopped at the box office, but years later scored as a cult hit on video when Wilder's popularity grew.

Seems like a Mel Brooks farce, but it's a Yorkin! Pretty zany.

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