julian_craster

New R2 DVD release: THE SYSTEM (Michael Winner)

The System from Odeon Entertainment

The System is set in Torbay, where the local young men mingle among the summer’s tourists in search of sexual conquests. The group’s leader, Tinker (Oliver Reed), aims to entrap a fashion model (Jane Merrow) from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. With the tables turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it’s not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games. A gem of a film, directed by Michael Winner......Excellent B/W cinematography from Nicholas Roeg.

Director: Michael Winner
Starring: Oliver Reed, Jane Merrow, Barbara Ferris and Julia Foster.
Date of Release: 1964

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£5.99 at HMV

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Brief Encounter

And when do we get the Michael Winner Collection?

batman

If it had these in it I'd buy it ....

West 11
The System
The Jokers
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Hannibal Brooks
Lawman
The Nightcomers
Death Wish
Dirty Weekend

.... Michael Winner has made some excellent movies!

Grey Wyler

Thank you Bats, i will gladly second that. Too many arsehole armchair experts have slagged the old bugger off for too long. Ok, he made a couple of stinkers, but he has never been deserving of the caning that he has had to withstand.
I would go as far as to include Parting Shots, which i thought was really great; lovely performance from Oliver Reed.

asiamiles

You missed out his finest film, THE MECHANIC, plus CHATO'S LAND a Western I have a soft spot for. I'll certainly be getting THE SYSTEM, though I found his other "sixties" film INFW rather less rebellious than it claimed to be, and it cribbed one scene from CATCH US IF YOU CAN.