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Entertaining Mr Sloane ***½ (1970, Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb) – Classic Movie Review 2970

The provocative 1970 British gothic black comedy film Entertaining Mr Sloane brings Joe Orton’s wonderfully entertaining stage play to the screen with incisive performances but its wit slightly blunted. Director Douglas Hickox’s provocative 1970 British […]

Oct, 10

The Belles of St Trinian’s ***** (1954, Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Beryl Reid, Joan Sims, Irene Handl) – 2015 Classic Movie Review 2786

Director Frank Launder and producer Sidney Gilliat’s 1954 British comedy classic about the misadventures of cartoonist creator Ronald Searle’s grotty schoolgirls at England’s famously appalling St Trinian’s School for Young Ladies is the original and […]

Aug, 07

Carry On Emmannuelle * (1978, Kenneth Williams, Suzanne Danielle, Kenneth Connor, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Jack Douglas, Beryl Reid) – Classic Movie Review 2379

Director Gerald Thomas’s 1978 silly softcore sequel Carry On Emmannuelle is everyone’s least favourite Carry On film and the one that finally killed off the series. It marks producer Peter Rogers’s failed attempt at a […]

Apr, 12

Two-Way Stretch ****½ (1960, Peter Sellers, David Lodge, Bernard Cribbins, Liz Fraser, Lionel Jeffries, Wilfrid Hyde White, Maurice Denham, Beryl Reid, Irene Handl) – Classic Movie Review 1,843

The 1960 perfect robbery comedy film Two-Way Stretch is a Peter Sellers classic packed full of quirky vintage fun, realised by a brilliant ensemble of lovable British comic actors. Director Robert Day’s 1960 British perfect […]

Nov, 15

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