On a walking tour of English cathedrals, Donald Meadows meets Hester Granthem in church. Hearing he is from that hot-bed of crime, Chicago, Hester asks Donald to help her in a robbery she has planned.
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedy and don't mind a plot that feels like it was scribbled on a napkin, sure. It is harmless, cozy, and perfectly fine for a rainy afternoon. If you need something with teeth, or even just a coherent sense of stakes, you will probably be bored stiff wi...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Ewald André Dupont
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s British comedy and don't mind a plot that feels like it was scribbled on a napkin, sure. It is harmless, cozy, and perfectly fine for a rainy afternoon. If you need something with teeth, or even just a coherent sense of stakes, you will probably be bored stiff within twenty minutes. Edmund Gwenn is clearly having the time of his life here. He plays the Bishop with this wide-eyed, frantic energy that makes you wish the script gave him some..."
George Auerbach, Leon Gordon, Frederick J. Jackson, Monckton Hoffe
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