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13 November 1950 (USA) moreTagline:
Guinness...The Great Lover!Plot:
George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. He decides... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
An Overlooked Guinness Gem moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Alec Guinness | ... | George Bird | |
| Beatrice Campbell | ... | Sheila Rockingham | |
| Kay Walsh | ... | Mrs. Poole | |
| Grégoire Aslan | ... | Gambini | |
| Jean Colin | ... | Daisy Clarence | |
| Muriel George | ... | Lady Oswington | |
| Brian Worth | ... | Derek Rockingham | |
| Esma Cannon | ... | Miss Fox | |
| Bernard Lee | ... | Inspector Wilton | |
| Sid James | ... | Joe Clarence | |
| Campbell Cotts | ... | Bellinghurst | |
| Moultrie Kelsall | ... | Sir Robert Kyle | |
| Madam Kirkwood-Hackett | ... | Miss Hatfield | |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | ... | Chalfont | |
| Eric Maturin | ... | Wrexham |
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Because of the string of Ealing Comedies he made from 1949 on to 1958, from A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY to THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT to THE LAVENDER HILL MOB to THE LADYKILLERS to THE HORSE'S MOUTH, many fans of Alec Guinness keep forgetting this tragic comedy based on a J. B. Priestly story. Guinness plays George Bird, a salesman who is told he is dying of a rare illness called Lampington's Disease. He is told he has only a few months, so he might as well try to enjoy himself. Taking most of his savings, he goes to a fancy English resort. Instead of being a fish out of water, the quite Bird becomes a social success, making fantastic connections with others, including Sid James (as a wealthy manufacturer), winning at various gambling games, and even succeeding with the ladies. It is like all at once Bird's lifetime of humdrum living is being replaced by the success and potential he was always denied. Finally he even meets Dr. Trevor Lampington (Ernest Thiesinger, in a rather small part for a change), who tells Bird he is not suffering from Lampington's disease. And he is right - the doctor made a mistake. But fate interferes to make the title of this movie meaningful.
The Priestly background to the story explains it's odd twistiness, and even fatalistic backbone. Think of AN INSPECTOR CALLS and how a faint chance at avoiding fate is lost there too. The film is a moody masterpiece, and reminds us of how our luck can change for the better and it still does not do us any good. No, it is not as funny as the Guinness comedies, but it is as fascinating as the best of them.