
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Directed by Basil Dearden, Only When I Larf leans on a strong ensemble — Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1968.
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Summoned from an ashram in Tibet, Ace finds himself on a perilous journey into the jungles of Africa to find Shikaka, the missing sacred animal of the friendly Wachati tribe. He must accomplish this before the wedding of the Wachati's Princess to the prince of the warrior Wachootoos. If Ace fails, the result will be a vicious tribal war.
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