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Your Favourite British Films Name your favourite British film or make a case for an underrated classic.

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Old 18-12-2006, 10:05 AM
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watched this film on tcm on the weekend....not a bad film .as usual tom courtney was as brilliant as ever....ive never seen this film before..always interested to hear anything about brit films from fellow brit film fans..any info ? found that this film was on the lines of the loneliness of the long distance runner..i thought the captain who had to deal with the subject played a good part any one know his name ?
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watched this film on tcm on the weekend....not a bad film .as usual tom courtney was as brilliant as ever....ive never seen this film before..always interested to hear anything about brit films from fellow brit film fans..any info ? found that this film was on the lines of the loneliness of the long distance runner..i thought the captain who had to deal with the subject played a good part any one know his name ?
The cast list on the IMDb (always worth checking) lists two captains. I presume you would have realised one was Frank Finlay. The other captain, Captain John Knowles, was played by Eric Thompson, father of Emma Thompson.

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"The other captain, Captain John Knowles, was played by Eric Thompson, father of Emma Thompson."

And Sophie, too!
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I recorded this from the TV but haven't seen it for years..I'm always interested in what Mr. Courtenay gets up to. I don't think it was swinging or groovy enough from my tastes when I saw it first time around, but I'd probably like it a lot more now.
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I watched this last year and the only problem I have is that I remember the original TV play and they have tacked on a subplot which looks so obviously like a tacked on subplot.
When this went out it was a b-movie to Joseph Losey's KING AND COUNTRY which I don't think did a lot of business, so I reckon most people who see this now see it on TCM at around 5 in the morning.
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