Fascinated this topic has come up. When I was a Nipper this film used to be a major event for me when it came up on TV.
A couple of years ago I acquired it on DVD (coupled with 'Hobson's Choice', aspects of which seem rather more autobiographical nowadays) and have watched it several times.
It really is a rotten film, but some of the filming in the air is just awe-inspiring. The flight to Cairo in the two-seater Vampire (was that possible, btw?) is great and I still think of it every time as SLF on the ZRH run over Paris.
Any one else got any thoughts about this one?