Thursday, December 06, 2007

Dec 5th
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
GB 1958. British Lion/Charter Films. 88m. bw

A foppish civil servant is given the responsibility of negotiating the safe conduct of a remote former island colony also being sought by the Russians.
Eccentric but not particularly biting satire, with a drab romantic sub-plot and a script that slightly wastes the comic talents on display.

Written and Directed by: Roy Boulting, Jeffrey Dell.
Producer: John Boulting.
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers, Ian Bannen, Luciana Paluzzi, John Le Mesurier, Thorley Walters, Raymond Huntley, Miles Malleson, Marie Lohr, Kynaston Reeves, Ronald Adam, John Van Eyssen, Nicholas Parsons, Kenneth Griffith.
Photography: Max Greeene.
Music: John Addison.

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