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Geoffrey Household (novel)
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A young couple get involved with a smuggler. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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James Donald ... Bill Harper
Kenneth More ... Tony Rackham
Jean Lodge ... Petronilla Brand
Frederick Piper ... Customs inspector
Charles Hawtrey ... George Crumb
Michael Trubshawe ... Redworth
Alfie Bass ... Dallyn
Wilfrid Caithness ... Mr. Minch
Lionel Harris ... Mr. Frost
Richard Molinas ... Massaud
Reginald Beckwith ... Scoutmaster
Stanley Lemin ... Customs officer
Arthur Wontner ... Maj. Glockleigh
Frank Tickle ... Vicar
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Grace Arnold ... Landlady
Hamlyn Benson ... Pub Landlord
Amy Dalby ... Postmistress
Edmund Gray ... Photographer
Robert Hay-Smith ... Wolf Cub
Walter Hodges ... Admiral Bargill
W.E. Holloway ... Chairman Of The Bench
Douglas Ives ... Farmer
Tony Lyons ... Boy Scout
Wensley Pithey ... Circus Owner
John Powe ... Whitey
Patience Rentoul ... Yachtswoman
Gaston Richer ... French Customs Officer
Mrs. E.M. Smith ... Maid
Stanley Van Beers ... Mr. Lovegrove
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Runtime:
USA:75 min | UK:79 min
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USA:Approved | UK:U (original rating) | UK:U (video rating)
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Sponsored by the (UK) Government-backed National Film Finance Corporation. more

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If you wake at midnight..., 26 July 2009
10/10
Author: Edgewalker from Tuxford, England

I can't, offhand, think of any reason for you not to love Brandy for the Parson, the fact that it belongs to another age and was never meant for us should only make you love it more. Kenneth More plays little more than himself, Tony Rackham being the elegant charmer Kenneth was in real life, while Jean Lodge and James Donald are so lovely you want them to move in next door. Charles Hawtrey wrestles with the character of George Crumb and, eventually, wins; he is one of my biggest heroes, but is slightly miscast here, the grey Crumb clashing with the Technicolour Hawtrey. That said, the surreal image of Charles leading a packhorse through the countryside lingers for a long time, as does the scene where he boldly declares himself teetotal! John Eldridge make rural England looks every bit as beautiful as it is and the monochrome can't lessen the warmth that spills out of every scene. But if you wake at midnight...

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