In these dark monetarist days, a dose of 60s anarchic comedy-drama is especially welcome, and one of our favourites is Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment, a cult British film so rarely screened that we half expected it to turn up as part of the BFI's Flipside strand. Written by David Mercer (whose fine body of work included Providence for Alain Resnais) from his 1962 TV play A Suitable Case for Treatment and directed by Karel Reisz (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The French Lieutenant's Woman), the film stars David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave in his their lead roles and has a notable supporting cast that includes Robert Stephens, Robert Stephens, Bernard Bresslaw, Arthur Mullard and Graham Crowden.

Warner plays Morgan Dent, a gorilla-fixated artist with a distinctly anarchist tendencies who tries to regain the affections of his divorced wife Leonie (Vanessa Redgrave) by variously kidnapping her, attempting to blow up her future mother-law and attacking her fiancé, played by Robert Stephens. Cut with scenes from the King Kong and Tarzan films, Morgan's depiction of madness, dark humour and vintage performance made it the one of 1960s' wildest, funniest and most provocative comedies.

Previously released on UK DVD by Metrodome with one of the grubbiest prints in my DVD collection, the film has nowe been confirmed for new UK DVD release on 17th January by Optimum Home Entertainment at the RRP of £15.99. No extras have been listed, but a 1.66:1 aspect ratio has been quoted, suggesting this will be a different transfer to the Metrodome release, despite the involvement of Studio Canal in both.