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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 02-03-2004, 10:11 AM
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A film which usually receives a critical mauling, mainly because its star is perceived as being out of his usual style.
In my humble opinion it is a classic British crime drama featuring Peter Sellers in the role of perhaps the sleaziest, most slimy villain in British film, with a Sellers voice to match.
Also featuring excellent work from Richard Todd, Adam Faith, Carol White, David Lodge.
It also includes an excellent jazz score from John Barry, with tight direction from John Guillermin.

It is also available on DVD

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Yes, I must agree. Sellers is a terrifying villain, but what is perhaps more horrifying is the nighmare that poor Richard Todd plunges into when his car is stolen. He can no longer perform his job, he suffers a financial crisis due to not insuring the thing and his marriage breaks down.

Come to think of it, one could see this as a sort of middle class version of "Bicycle Thief". *L*
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Yes, I must agree. Sellers is a terrifying villain, but what is perhaps more horrifying is the nighmare that poor Richard Todd plunges into when his car is stolen. He can no longer perform his job, he suffers a financial crisis due to not insuring the thing and his marriage breaks down.

Come to think of it, one could see this as a sort of middle class version of "Bicycle Thief". *L*
Great performances from both Sellers and Todd. Come to that, Adam Faith isn't bad, either.

Don't know if they've changed it subsequently but I was amused by the PG on the back of the DVD which said: Violence: Infrequent, Mild. There was a lot of violence, it wasn't in the least mild and I believe the film was X-certificate when released in cinemas. How times have changed!!
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Todd played this just right, Sellers we know gave a good performance as did Adam Faith. Faith was a superb actor, did anyone see him play Alfie??? He was supposed to be very good.
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I really liked this movie, Peter Sellers played the perfect villain. I have this on DVD from WHSmiths.
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After seeing this film, I wondered why Sellers didn't play more dramtic roles. He was very convincing as a nasty! And Richard Todd was fab (as usual).

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Love it! Very under-rated!
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I like this film very much, but it's quite a while since I last saw it and I seem to remember it being a bit of an advert for the Ford Anglia, which was newly launced at the time. Almost every time Richard Todd mentioned his car, it was 'the Anglia'!
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