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Directed by:
Robert Hamer 
Written by:
Robert Hamer, John Dighton from Roy Horniman's novel Israel Rank
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1949 |
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UNDERRATED
BLACK COMEDY
CRIME
COMEDY
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GB |
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106 |
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Serial killer (Dennis Price, pictured left) conducts one-man cull of the English aristocracy. Serves them right. |
Reviewed by Chris Tookey
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| | Most sophisticated and delightful of all British film comedies, and welcome proof that dialogue containing words of more than one syllable can have a place in the cinema. Dennis Price, Alec Guinness (pictured centre) and Joan Greenwood - in an outrageously sexy performance - all contribute greatly to the fun, which centres on that most gentlemanly of English sports, murder in pursuit of a title. On its release, the critics were only partially impressed. Since, it has rightly been elevated to classic status. | | | Robert Hamer (on his intentions): "Firstly, that of making a film not noticeably similar to any previously made in the English language. Secondly, that of using this English language, which I love, in a more varied and interesting way. Thirdly, that of making a picture which paid no regard whatever to established, although not practised, moral conventions." | | | |
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