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Old 11-01-2008, 06:20 PM
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Really enjoyed this film at the BFI the other night. Any other fans?

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Absolutely. It was a sort of follow-on from The Lady Vanishes. I also love "Rome Express" (?1932)
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Really enjoyed this film at the BFI the other night. Any other fans?
Definitely. And it includes the wonderful exchange between Charters and Caldicott:
Charters: I bought a copy of Mein Kampf. Occurred to me it might shed a spot of light on all this... how d'ye do. Ever read it?
Caldicott: Never had the time.
Charters: I understand they give a copy to all the bridal couples over here.
Caldicott: Oh, I don't think it's that sort of book, old man.



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A lovely, polished piece of entertainment which has always, wrongly IMHO, languished in the shadow of The Lady Vanishes. Reed was on top form when directing this one and the cast is worth the price of admission alone. It is the equal of Hitchcocks' IMHO
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Thoroughly agree there. It can easily be viewed without thinking of TLV at all.
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A great film. Seeing Rex Harrison in a seaside booth singing and selling songs took me back to my childhood in the early 40's. it made the film that more believable for me.
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I've got to be honest, I prefer this to The Lady Vanishes. Charters & Caldicott are the icing on the cake though.

On which subject, did anyone see this: "Charters & Caldicott" (1985) (mini) ???

If so, is it worth trying to track down? It's only got one review on IMDB, but it's pretty glowing. I'd love to know more about it.
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I've got to be honest, I prefer this to The Lady Vanishes. Charters & Caldicott are the icing on the cake though.

On which subject, did anyone see this: "Charters & Caldicott" (1985) (mini) ???

If so, is it worth trying to track down? It's only got one review on IMDB, but it's pretty glowing. I'd love to know more about it.
The Charters and Caldicott series is very entertaining and well worth a look.

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C and C proved a remarkably durable double act (1938 - 1985) in their various incarnations. I just wish Wilfred Hyde-White hadn't got their part in The Third Man.
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I guess that series isn't on DVD.

I do love C&C!
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I do love C&C!
You never know - one of the freeview channels might do a Keith Waterhouse season one day and it might get included.

There is a excellent Guardian article in C & C, well worth reading -

Mustard and cress | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film
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I do love C&C!
Also the C & C TV series was novelised by Waterhouse's then wife Sheila Bingham.
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There is a excellent Guardian article in C & C, well worth reading -

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Excellent article, by the excellent Matthew Sweet

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Also the C & C TV series was novelised by Waterhouse's then wife Sheila Bingham.
I picked this up in Oxfam for a quid. Haven't seen the series though.
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