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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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