A shady, british gang tries to fix a horse race, among other crooked activities. Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix, Sidney James star as Alf, Fred, and Flash, who run the Honest Alf bookmaker. But they are anything but honest! and Danby (Lee Patterson) gets mixed up with them. some slapstick comedy, three stooges... british-style. it all gets silly, but it's light, fluffy fun, not to be taken at all seriously. running gag about the broken stairs. which never seem to get fixed. and Peggy Mount steals the show as the loud, annoying Sergeant Fire. some clever wordplay with french. and it's even funnier if you actually speak french. directed by Maurice Elvey. apparently he was a bigshot in the early, silent days of British film-making. and made the very first talking film at the studio. (Gaumont British Films was active 1898-1938) Dry Rot was one of Elvey's last films. it was fun to watch. shown on FilmRise channel.
