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{{Infobox film
| name = The Magnificent Two
| image = "The_Magnificent_Two"_(1967).jpg
| caption = British quad poster by [[Arnaldo Putzu]]
| director = [[Cliff Owen]]
| writer = [[Dick Hills and Sid Green]]<br />[[Michael Pertwee]]<br />[[Peter Blackmore (screenwriter)|Peter Blackmore]]
| based_on = a story by Michael Pertwee
| starring = [[Eric Morecambe]]<br />[[Ernie Wise]]
| producer = [[Hugh Stewart (film editor)|Hugh Stewart]]
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = [[Gerry Hambling]]
| studio = [[Rank Organisation]]
| distributor = [[Rank Organisation|Rank]]
| released = 5 July 1967 (London) (UK) (premiere)
| runtime = 100 min.
| language = English
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'''''The Magnificent Two''''' is a 1967 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Cliff Owen]] and starring [[Morecambe and Wise]] in the third and final of their 1960s trio of films.

== Plot ==
Two British [[Action Man]] travelling salesmen are sent to the [[South America]]n country of Parazuellia to sell their goods. During the train journey, Eric accidentally opens a door leading to the death of the returning British educated Torres who is the figurehead of a revolutionary movement and a government [[secret police]]man arresting him. Upon arrival in the city of Campo Grande, Eric is mistaken by the revolutionaries for Torres, and though they discover the death of the real Torres they pay Eric and Ernie to maintain Eric's impersonation of Torres to lead a revolution to oust a brutal [[dictator]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061938/|title=The Magnificent Two (1967)|date=14 September 1967|work=IMDb|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref> However, once the revolution is successful Eric gains an inflated opinion of himself.

==Cast==
* [[Eric Morecambe]] as Eric
* [[Ernie Wise]] as Ernie
* [[Margit Saad]] as Carla
* [[Virgilio Teixeira (actor)|Virgilio Teixeira]] as Carillo
* [[Cecil Parker]] as British ambassador
* [[Isobel Black]] as Juanita
* [[Martin Benson (actor)|Martin Benson]] as President Diaz
* [[Tyler Butterworth]] as Miguel - President's Younger Son
* [[Sandor Elès]] as Armandez
* [[Victor Maddern]] as Drunken soldier
* [[Michael Gover]] as Doctor

==Production==
The film was shot at [[Black Park]],<ref>Fielder, Harry 'Aitch' & Saunders, Clive ''Extra, Extra, Read All About It!: My Life as a Film and TV Extra'' Andrews UK Limited, 24 Jul 2015</ref> the [[Longmoor Military Railway]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnificent Two, The|url=http://www.reelstreets.com/index.php/component/films/?task=view&id=1903&film_ref=magnificent_two,_the|website=reelstreets.com|access-date=September 16, 2017}}</ref> and [[Pinewood Studios]]. The film was also known as ''What Happened at Campo Grande?''

==Reception==
''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote, "in which the comedians' special talents are woefully misused. At least Cliff Owen keeps it pacy, making it the least awful of the trio of movies in which the duo failed to take the cinema by storm";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/the-magnificent-two|title=The Magnificent Two|work=Time Out London|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref> and ''[[TV Guide]]'' described it as a "fair comedy."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/the-magnificent-two/review/105281|title=The Magnificent Two|work=TV Guide|accessdate=17 October 2014}}</ref>

While it did well financially, it failed to reach the "top 20" highest-grossing films at the British box office for 1967.

==References==
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