A mysterious stranger magics up luxuries in rationing-ravaged Britain.A mysterious stranger magics up luxuries in rationing-ravaged Britain.A mysterious stranger magics up luxuries in rationing-ravaged Britain.
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Patricia Dainton
- Disrobed Birthday Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Sandra Dorne
- Bit Part
- (uncredited)
Sam Kydd
- Uncredited
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaCyril Fletcher (Cyril Clarke) and Betty Astell (Betty Clarke) were husband and wife in real life. They were married from 1941 until his death in 2005.
- Quotes
Cyril Clarke: Why don't you go and clean the bedrooms?
Mrs. Fiddle: What d'you say?
Cyril Clarke: I said the bedrooms are very dirty.
Mrs. Fiddle: Oh, I wish I was!
Cyril Clarke: Now don't be disgusting!
Mrs. Fiddle: I was once, you know...
Cyril Clarke: Was what?
Mrs. Fiddle: Thirty. That must've been in nineteen hundred and...
Featured review
Those two words sum up this whole movie. All 55 peculiar minutes of it. Cyril is trying to write an "ode" (though god knows why!) and struggling, and he drifts off into a slumber while still muttering over it. What follows is the most bizarre dream sequence ever, where the imaginary man he is thinking of is conjured up and spends the night with them, making whatever they say come true. The tiny dinner party is a grand feast, all the ladies have fine dresses, the vintage is a classic '89. BUT! This isn't the usual Merlin who magics things up from nowhere, all the finery has been "stolen" from other places, and those people readily want their payout. Betty and Cyril try and get rid of the conjurer, but just antagonise him and turn him into a malicious monster. Good grief, where do they come up with these ideas? 7/10 (it may have been silly, but it was short and absorbing!)
- calvertfan
- May 18, 2002
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Details
- Runtime46 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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