Perfect Friday (1970)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

6.5/10   

Regisseur:

Peter Hall

Drehbuchautoren:

Scott Forbes (screenplay)
Scott Forbes (story)

Premierendatum:

November 1972 (Österreich)

Genre:

Komödie | Krimi

Werbezeile:

Mr. Graham, the Earl and Lady Dorset request the pleasure of your company for cocktails. Get there early, before the police do.

Plot:

The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Heist | Beautiful Woman | Independent Film

Nutzerkommentare:

Not really my cup of tea

Besetzung

Ursula Andress	...	Lady Britt Dorset
Stanley Baker	...	Mr. Graham
David Warner	...	Lord Nicholas "Nick" Dorset
Patience Collier	...	Nanny
T.P. McKenna	...	Smith (as T.P.McKenna)
David Waller	...	Williams
Joan Benham	...	Miss Welsh
Julian Orchard	...	Thompson
Trisha Mortimer	...	Janet
Anne Tirard	...	Miss Marsh
Johnny Briggs	...	Taxi Driver
Fred Griffiths	...	Taxi Driver
Sidney Jennings	...	Taxi Driver
Hugh Halliday	...	Cyclist
Max Faulkner	...	Strong Room Guard

Alternativ:

Peter Hall's Film of Perfect Friday (UK) (long title)
Treffpunkt London Airport (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

94 Min

Land:

UK

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Sweden:Btl | UK:AA | USA:R

Drehorte:

Grosvenor Place, Hyde Park, London, England, UK

Firma:

Sunnymede Film Productions

Dialogzitate:

Lady Britt Dorset: My father is very strict, he always tell me that my husband should provide for me.
Mr. Graham: And he doesn't?
Lady Britt Dorset: Nick is absoultey generous when he has money but that's not exactly very often.
Mr. Graham: I see, do you mind
[smoking]
Mr. Graham: ... you must learn to live within your means.
Lady Britt Dorset: I do but money's for spending.
Mr. Graham: It is if you have it.

Not really my cup of tea

Appreciation of this film depends very much on taste. Although it foundered for me, the plot was interesting and many might find it an enjoyable viewing. Mr Graham (Stanley Baker), Lord Nick (David Warner) & Lady Britt (Ursula Andress) all played their parts in an intelligent and consistent way, and Mr Smith (T P McKenna) stood out simply by good acting as a normal individual. Clearly, Lady Britt had few inhibitions, being quite happy to run around the house in the buff, and seeming equally at ease sleeping naked with both Mr Graham and her husband. Separately, I might add!

As a person who values integrity, commitment and knows the reality of 'happy ever after', it's hardly surprising that a film about deceit, theft, greed and infidelity doesn't grab me. While Lady Britt is undoubtedly physically attractive and has the warmest personality of the three lead characters, she just ain't my kinda gal. OK, I'm taking it all far too seriously, but my greatest enjoyment comes from entertainment that leaves me with a feeling of warmth, and a hope for the future for the principal characters. The most distasteful aspect of this movie for me were a couple of nasty blasphemies - bang went three of the ten stars straight away!

Altogether, an amusing and interesting film with a good plot that was cleverly revealed, but (Sorry!) not really my cup of tea.