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The Browning Version   1951     3 and a half stars    N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anthony Asquith  
Cast: Michael Redgrave, Jean Kent, Nigel Patrick, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Brian Smith, Bill Travers, Ronald Howard, Peter Jones, Judith Furse

  In this first (of two, so far) film based on Terence Rattigan's 1948 play, Michael Redgrave is great as the schoolteacher who has many failings and has an unfaithful wife, to boot.


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Poster Art From art.comThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy   1981     3 stars    TV, 198 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Alan J.W. Bell  
Cast: Simon Jones, Peter Jones, Joe Melia, Mark Wing-Davey, Martin Benson, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Steve Conway, Cleo Rocos, Andrew Mussell

  A popular BBC radio series, based on Douglas Adams' novel, was followed by a TV series from which this miniseries was developed. The title refers to the electronic book that provides the knowledge necessary to navigate the galaxy. It tells the story of Arthur Dent (Simon Jones) who travels the galactic superhighway running across all sorts of beings and adventures. Lots of fun.


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Never Let Go   1960     2 and a half stars    N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Guillermin  
Cast: Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Carol White, Mervyn Johns, John Le Mesurier, Adam Faith, Noel Willman, David Lodge, Peter Jones, John Bailey, Nigel Stock, John Dunbar, Charles Houston, Cyril Shaps

  Cosmetic salesman John Cummings' (Richard Todd) car is stolen by a gang of car thieves, headed by Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers). Cummings tracks down the thieves and locates Tommy Towers (Adam Faith) who stole the car. Towers is beaten after Meadows discovers that he met with Cummings. Towers then gives inside information to the police, and, eventually, Meadows is arrested, and Cummings does recover his car.



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Richard Todd John Cummings
Peter Sellers Lionel Meadows
Elizabeth Sellars Anne Cummings
Carol White Jackie
Mervyn Johns Alfie Barnes
John Le Mesurier Pennington
Adam Faith Tommy Towers
Noel Willman Inspector Thomas
David Lodge Cliff
Peter Jones Alec Berger
John Bailey Mackinnon
Nigel Stock Regan
John Dunbar Station Sergeant
Charles Houston Cyril Spink
Cyril Shaps Cypriot

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Private's Progress   1956     3 stars    N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Boulting  
Cast: Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Peter Jones, William Hartnell, Ian Bannen, George Coulouris, Miles Malleson, Christopher Lee

  Life in the British army is satirized in this delightful comedy–the British version of "No Time for Sergeants."

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Romanoff and Juliet   1961     3 stars  User Rating      N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov  
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton, Rik Van Nutter, John Phillips, Peter Jones, Tamara Shayne, Suzanne Cloutier

  Peter Ustinov wrote, directed, and stars in this Cold War satire of a turn of events in the lives of two ambassadors–one from the U.S. and the other from the U.S.S.R. whose lives change when their children, Juliet (Sandra Dee) and Igor (John Gavin) meet and fall in love.

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School for Scoundrels   1960     3 stars    N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Hamer  
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Janette Scott, Dennis Price, Peter Jones, Edward Chapman, John Le Mesurier, Irene Handl, Kynaston Reeves

  Based on Stephen Potter's books, the plot for this film involves a training school–Lifeman College–that teaches how to succeed in life's games. Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a loser who enrolls in the school and under the guidance of Professor Potter (Alastair Sim) learns the art of playing those games that will help him succeed.


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Movie Quick Pick
1. The Browning Version (1951)
2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
3. Never Let Go (1960)
4. Private's Progress (1956)
5. Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
6. School for Scoundrels (1960)


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