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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303360041 Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC ISBN: 6303360041 Label: Turner Home Ent Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Turner Home Ent Release Date: April 14, 1998 Running Time: 113 minutes Sales Rank: 10896 Studio: Turner Home Ent Theatrical Release Date: October 17, 1944
Description: Slice-of-life drama about a Cockney drifter in London between World Wars.
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Rating: - A very nice VHS, but how dare they not put this on DVD?
This is a very nice edition of the film on VHS, and I recommend it highly in the absence of an affordable DVD edition. But with so much video manure out there on DVD, how can the industry overlook this classic film? Grant is at his best in this role of the determined but self-loathing ne'er-do-well. Audiences of the day did not like to see their beloved Cary in such roles, but here he actually gets to show what a fine acting talent he really was. Yes, his looks and style were the envy of every man and the object of every woman, but here, without denying any of that, he unabashedly shows you the ... Read More
Rating: - Shrouded in the mists of London...
It seems I've been doing only negative reviews lately. The truth is that I want to get the rhinestones out of the way to make room for the diamonds such as "Notorious", "To Catch a Thief", "North by Northwest", to name a few with Cary Grant in them.
Everyone else here rates this five stars, and I hate to have to differ so drastically, but I can only tell the truth. I was not impressed with this film in the least. I like many Cary Grant movies - particularly the ones named above - but this one just didn't do it for me, and I don't think it had anything to do with him. He tried. It was ... Read More
Rating: - First Rate Drama
Clifford Odets wrote and directed this movie. Naturally, it follows the type of dramatic lines that you would expect from a playwright. I disagree with Leonard Maltin's review. This is a very fine movie and well worth any drama lover's attention.
Cary Grant is very good in his role as Ernie Mott. Ethel Barrymore plays his mother in the movie and she is riveting and marvelous. Barry Fitzgerald is his usual fine self. The actor who played Jim Mordinoy--Coulouris I believe--had his character down to a finely honed edge. A truly memorable heavy. June Duprez who played Ada was ... Read More
Rating: - Close to home for Mr. Grant.
Cary Grant was born in Bristol, England. His father put his mother in an insane asylum when young Archie Leach (his name at the time) was only a boy. Grant grew up without a mother, and when he read the script for the movie, frinds of his such as Frank Sinatra, and Gregory Peck siad he was overjoyed, and throughout the film's production, too. Cary really got to display some emotions in the film he was never given a chance to in real life until he was an adult. Ethyl Barrymore's outstanding, Oscar winning performance made it all the more easier for Cary to show his feelings. ... Read More
Rating: - You get to see another, more somber side of "archie"
As a boy growing up in England and having an estranged relationship with his mother, I believe this was his way of going back to his roots and being the son he so desperately wanted to be. He gives an air of hominess to the movie. It really seemed like he could have been living the part. You can also tell that there was a lot of raw emotion pent up inside of him that he didn't let just anyone see in his other comedic roles, this one was very close to his heart, and being a Cary Grant fanatic, I like the fact that he let everyone see a glimpse of his real self behind all of the glitz and glamour ... Read More
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