Certains l'aiment chaud

Key to its success (...) is the snappy pace throughout. Non-stop gags, invention, twists and comic incident flow...

...et bragende eksempel på, at en sand filmperle sagtens kan holde underholdningsværdien.

This is one of the wildest farces ever filmed, but it has a lot of heart as well, with brilliant performances by all three stars.

The screenplay by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond is Shakespearean in the way it cuts between high and low comedy, between the heroes and the clowns.