alanwriterman
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I've been looking for this film for years so last night I recorded it from the UK Retro Channel and when I watched it back it had been edited down to 45 minutes!
I don't remember Nigel Davenport appearing.
Hilarious but disappointing!
I don't remember Nigel Davenport appearing.
Hilarious but disappointing!
This short film was definitely released back in the mid-60's because I saw it at least twice as a support to different 'A' features.
It was on the Talking Pictures Channel today and I recorded it purely to hear once again the terrible clunky line the detective (Guy Doleman) speaks as he nabs the bad guys at the end..." I arrest you for attempting to obtain a painting by means of a trick".
By means of a trick? It sounds like a daft line that Spike Milligan might have said while dressed as a comedy constable in his TV series 'Q'
It was on the Talking Pictures Channel today and I recorded it purely to hear once again the terrible clunky line the detective (Guy Doleman) speaks as he nabs the bad guys at the end..." I arrest you for attempting to obtain a painting by means of a trick".
By means of a trick? It sounds like a daft line that Spike Milligan might have said while dressed as a comedy constable in his TV series 'Q'
What was a six-part TV serial has been re-edited into a fast-paced 90 minute play/film which can currently ( January 2014 ) be seen on Britains 'Movies For Men' digital channel under its original title.
The fact that it's been edited so much is glaringly obvious at times as one scene replaces another at breakneck speed, but the plot is easy to follow, nonetheless.
However because six half-hours have been edited so tightly, it's amusing to witness the vast consumption of alcohol, particularly whisky, consumed by John Gregsons character in the 90 minute version. It's also sad to see him smoking so much, in almost every scene, knowing that this fine actor died from a heart attack not long after making the series.
I can't agree with a previous poster that this was a children's serial. It is being marketed on DVD as an "Armchair Thriller" which was the umbrella title for a prime-time ITV series in the 70's, not a tea-time slot.
The fact that it's been edited so much is glaringly obvious at times as one scene replaces another at breakneck speed, but the plot is easy to follow, nonetheless.
However because six half-hours have been edited so tightly, it's amusing to witness the vast consumption of alcohol, particularly whisky, consumed by John Gregsons character in the 90 minute version. It's also sad to see him smoking so much, in almost every scene, knowing that this fine actor died from a heart attack not long after making the series.
I can't agree with a previous poster that this was a children's serial. It is being marketed on DVD as an "Armchair Thriller" which was the umbrella title for a prime-time ITV series in the 70's, not a tea-time slot.