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Posts Tagged "Charters and Caldicott"

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Crook’s Tour *** (1941, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Greta Gynt) – Classic Movie Review 4696

The endearing Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne return for the third time in their quintessential Englishmen abroad guise as cricket-mad Charters and Caldicott (after The Lady Vanishes and Night Train to Munich) in director John […]

Nov, 24

Millions Like Us **** (1943, Gordon Jackson, Patricia Roc, Eric Portman, Anne Crawford, Irene Handl, Moore Marriott, Joy Shelton, Brenda Bruce, Megs Jenkins, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne) – Classic Movie Review 4695

Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat’s rousing and persuasive 1943 British wartime propaganda drama Millions Like Us centres on the marriage of shy war-worker Celia (Patricia Roc) to young airman Fred (Gordon Jackson). Also featured is […]

Nov, 24

Night Train to Munich **** (1940, Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison, Paul Henreid, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, James Harcourt, Felix Aylmer, Roland Culver) – Classic Movie Review 1832

Carol Reed’s fast-moving, enjoyable 1940 thriller film Night Train to Munich is written by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat. It brings back Margaret Lockwood as the heroine, and Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne as cricket-mad […]

Nov, 11

The Lady Vanishes ***** (1938, Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers, Catherine Lacey, Googie Withers, Mary Clare) – Classic Movie Review 118

Fighting off strong competition from The 39 Steps, the 1938 treasure The Lady Vanishes is (arguably) by a narrow margin Alfred Hitchcock’s best British movie before he left for America to make Rebecca in 1940 […]

Aug, 02

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