Bedazzled

…would another of Donen’s films, Bedazzled (1967), a comic exploration of the seven deadly sins that operated as a vehicle for actors Dudley Moore and Peter Cooke. Intriguing but often overlooked is Donen’s provocative teaming of Rex Harrison and Richard Burton as a gay couple in Staircase (1969). In 1974…

…pair’s films included the Faustian Bedazzled (1967), a spoof version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) with Cook as Sherlock Holmes, and Derek and Clive (1980), a variation on the original Pete ’n’ Dud. After Moore moved to Hollywood in the 1980s, Cook concentrated on Private Eye, although he…