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A Chorus Line **** (1985, Michael Douglas, Terrence Mann, Michael Blevins, Alyson Reed) – Classic Movie Review 1868

A Chorus Line is one of the greatest of all Broadway musicals, as well as one of the longest runners of all time) and unexpected director Richard Attenborough’s 1985 movie version is pleasingly entertaining. The show […]

Nov, 22

Oh! What a Lovely War **** (1969, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud) – Classic Movie Review 1863

  For his first film as director in 1969, Richard Attenborough chooses an ambitious project – to make a movie version of producer-writer Joan Littlewood’s Sixties London Theatre Royal Stratford stage production. It won the […]

Nov, 22

I’m All Right Jack ***** (1959, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Irene Handl, Liz Fraser, John le Mesurier) – Classic Movie Review 1850

Director John Boulting and producer Roy Boulting’s 1959 comedy I’m All Right Jack showcases one of Peter Sellers’s all-time greatest performances as the canny but blinkered and blustering union boss, shop steward Fred Kite, who […]

Nov, 16

Private’s Progress *** (1956, Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, William Hartnell) – Classic Movie Review 1847

Co-writer/director John Boulting and producer Roy Boulting’s 1956 vintage British comedy Private’s Progress stars Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas and William Hartnell. The Boulting Brothers take the risk of sending up the then […]

Nov, 16

Brothers in Law **** (1957, Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Jill Adams, Miles Malleson, Raymond Huntley, Eric Barker) – Classic Movie Review 1,846

The Boulting Brothers’ spirited 1957 British comedy film Brothers in Law sends up the UK legal profession. It is based on the 1955 novel by Henry Cecil, and stars Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas.  […]

Nov, 16

Only Two Can Play **** (1962, Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell) – Classic Movie Review 1,844

The 1962 British comedy classic Only Two Can Play stars Peter Sellers on his finest comic form as the lecherous librarian John Lewis, in a funny and pleasingly playful film of Kingsley Amis’s novel That […]

Nov, 15

In Which We Serve ***** (1942, Noël Coward, John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Celia Johnson, Kay Walsh) – Classic Movie Review 1676

Noël Coward’s inspired 1942 moral-boosting war movie In Which We Serve is a polished gem that comes only from a true labour of love. ‘This is the story of a ship…’ Noël Coward’s inspired 1942 […]

Sep, 14

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