One More Time
Like its predecessor, 1968’s Salt and Pepper, One More Time is an English comedy starring two Yankees, Sammy Davis Jr. and Peter Lawford. This 1970 sequel added another American to the mix with Jerry Lewis in the director’s chair. Though Lewis is an ill fit for the kind of understated British comedy favored by screenwriter Michael Pertwee (Laughter in Paradise, The Naked Truth), Pertwee’s script has a nice twist; after Lawford’s twin brother is murdered, he assumes his identity to solve the crime. Of interest to Hammer horror fans are the brief cameos by Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee who, in classic ballyhoo tradition, are given a prominent position in the trailer in spite of their fleeting appearance in the movie itself.
About Dr. Z
There are entertainers who only need one name: Sammy, Frank, Cher. To that list you can add Dr. Solomon Francis Zed. Dr. Z has been entertaining audiences for decades with a patented combination of showmanship and pizzaz that Lew Wasserman once described as, “a tall glass of yes with a wow chaser.” After gaining fame with his wildly successful nightclub act, Dr. Z established his acting bona fides on Broadway with a one-man show based on Twelve Angry Men and followed it up with a Tony winning version of The Shining called Overlookin’. On film, he played Abe Lincoln in an extended flashback sequence in The Towering Inferno that ended up on the cutting room floor, but picked up an Oscar the following year playing an arachnophobic priest who faces his fears in the disaster blockbuster Tarantulanche! Never tiring, Dr. Z still bounds out of bed every afternoon to fill any empty spotlight he can find.