Three very different men compete for a top job; the result of the interviews comes as a surprise to everyone.Three very different men compete for a top job; the result of the interviews comes as a surprise to everyone.Three very different men compete for a top job; the result of the interviews comes as a surprise to everyone.
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Andree Melly
- Nina Wentworth
- (as Andrée Melly)
Eddie Boyce
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- …
Sabina Franklyn
- Minor role
- (uncredited)
Del Watson
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis film went out on the ABC circuit in September 1960 a s support for "Light Up the Sky".
- Quotes
Bob: You haven't got the style to be a director, Harry.
Harry Jackson: I must have some good points!
Bob: You have, Harry you have. You're sly, two-faced and you're bone idle.
Harry Jackson: There you are, you see - all the right qualities for a director.
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A magnificent film, well ahead of its time when made and now sadly forgotten
It is no exaggeration to say that if Shakespeare had been around in 1960 this is the type of thing he would have written. Not for him the then popular Angry Young Man - he'd already done that.
This terrific tragi-comedy follows the story of 3 very different men as they vie for a vacant managerial post on the board of the small factory in which they work.
The always wonderful Donald Pleasance gives probably his best ever performance ever as a flawed, timid accountant.
Harry H Corbett, as a ne'er-do-well who has managed to marry his boss's sister, has a chance to show what a great actor he was and how much he deserves to be remembered for far more than just Harold Steptoe.
While the always excellent William Franklin, as an ambitious salesman, is allowed to give his familiar suave persona much depth than normal.
Though made on a B movie budget its acting, script, witty dialogue and location filming are all spot on. When the film was first shown post war austerity was just coming to an end and the swinging 60's were yet to arrive. A previous reviewer has mentioned the frank treatment of sex for the time and I will add to that its giving substantial roles to women - which also made it a forerunner of things to come.
This greatly underrated film would have been misunderstood when it came out and sadly fell into oblivion. It now well deserves to be rediscovered and really is a must see. Oh, and do laugh at the funny bits, they are meant to be there!
This terrific tragi-comedy follows the story of 3 very different men as they vie for a vacant managerial post on the board of the small factory in which they work.
The always wonderful Donald Pleasance gives probably his best ever performance ever as a flawed, timid accountant.
Harry H Corbett, as a ne'er-do-well who has managed to marry his boss's sister, has a chance to show what a great actor he was and how much he deserves to be remembered for far more than just Harold Steptoe.
While the always excellent William Franklin, as an ambitious salesman, is allowed to give his familiar suave persona much depth than normal.
Though made on a B movie budget its acting, script, witty dialogue and location filming are all spot on. When the film was first shown post war austerity was just coming to an end and the swinging 60's were yet to arrive. A previous reviewer has mentioned the frank treatment of sex for the time and I will add to that its giving substantial roles to women - which also made it a forerunner of things to come.
This greatly underrated film would have been misunderstood when it came out and sadly fell into oblivion. It now well deserves to be rediscovered and really is a must see. Oh, and do laugh at the funny bits, they are meant to be there!
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- davidbrackenbury
- May 14, 2021
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- Runtime55 minutes
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