How to Frame a Figg
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Movie Reviews of How to Frame a Figg
Movie Review: how to frame a figg
Summary: 4 Stars
One of Don Knott's better movies. Lots of laughs and good humor. Truly a comedy in the real sense, without using put downs found in "modern" so called comedies. You'll love it!!Movie Review: Funny
Summary: 4 Stars
Lots of gags and sillyness make this movie a good one. It's 99.5% clean too, with very brief mild language and gutter humor.
Recommended: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Movie Review: How to Frame a Figg
Summary: 4 Stars
Don Knotts was a laugh every few minutes. How he could look so stupid and actually get himself out of the mess he made is amazing.Movie Review: How To Frame A Fig
Summary: 4 Stars
I havn't watched the Dvd yet, but I have seen it on VHS and liked it.Movie Review: uncovering corruption, and graft at city hall . . .
Summary: 3 Stars
After a string of successful comedies that included The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966), and The Reluctant Astronaut (1967), Don Knotts closed out his five picture deal with Universal Studios with How To Frame A Figg (1972). Unfortunately, the script written by Knotts and Edward Montagne (McHale's Navy), is not very strong.
This time the bumbling, bug-eyed Knotts, is Hollis Figg, an accountant for the city, who is doing just fine, until an unscrupulous city commissioner, the mayor, and his staff, decide to set him up to take the blame for the crooked dealings they have been engaged in. The rest of the accounting staff is fired, and replaced by a computer named 'LEO' (Large-capcity Enumerative Officiator), leaving Figg the top man in the department.
Hollis's best friend Prentiss (Frank Welker), and his girlfriend Ema Letha (Elaine Joyce), are suitably impressed by his sudden promotion, as Figg is featured with the city bigwigs in the local paper. Plugging some figures into the computer, he stumbles onto the fact that there is something crooked going on. Reporting this to his superiors, causes them to accelerate their plans, and Hollis is moved to a plush new office, given a new red Cadillac, and assigned the beautiful Glorianna Hastings (Yvonne 'Batgirl' Craig), as his new secretary. Glorianna is in the employ of the city fathers, and before long, Hollis is called in and denounced for being a crook, with thousands in cash stashed away in a safety deposit box.
For a change, Knotts has a partner, teaming with Welker. Prentiss, a carefree member of the city's sanitation department, strains even the goofy Figg's patience, with his well meaning, but slightly thick-headed behavior. Welker became and remains a legend in the industry, doing voice work, but acting is probably not what he is best at. The two work together well enough, but there are more and a few awkward moments as Hollis and Prentiss attempt to use LEO to help process crucial evidence, and then later finish the job, in an open grave in a cemetery. Notable are Knott's appearance in drag, and a gag involving stealing electrical devices, to get power to the half buried LEO. Still, things somehow don't seem quite right, with Prentiss playing dumber than Figg.
Don Knotts began his run with Universal, with The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, but he never approached the same brilliance in any of the subsequent four films, and his contract was not renewed after this movie. The Love God (1969), had been targeted at a more adult audience, but the humor here, is at a more juvenile level. If you are looking for a sophisticated comedy, this is not it. Fans of 60's comedy will see familiar faces like Edward Andrews, Joe Flynn, Bob Hastings, and Bruce Kirby. As he did for Knotts' previous films for Universal, Vic Mizzy provides the music. This time his light and fun score, seems to have a lot of Green Acres flavor to it. After this, Knotts' film career in the 70's was largely for Disney, and in a partnership that really did work, Knotts teamed with Tim Conway in several films.