30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia (1968)

Director:

Joseph McGrath

Writers:

Dudley Moore (written by) &
Joseph McGrath (written by) ...
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Release Date:

4 March 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Plot:

Rupert Street, a piano player and composer, decides to write a musical and marry before he reaches his thirtieth birthday...

Plot Keywords:

Composer | Marriage | Music Hall | Beautiful Woman | Pianist

Cast

Dudley Moore	...	Rupert Street
Eddie Foy Jr.	...	Oscar
Suzy Kendall	...	Louise Hammond
John Bird	...	Herbert Greenslade
Duncan Macrae	...	Jock McCue
Patricia Routledge	...	Mrs. Woolley
Peter Bayliss	...	Victor
John Wells	...	Honorable Gavin Hopton
Harry Towb	...	Mr. Woolley
Jonathan Routh	...	Captain Gore-Taylor
Ted Dicks Jr.	...	Horst Cohen
Nicky Henson	...	Paul
Clive Dunn	...	Doctor
Frank Thornton	...	Registrar
Derek Farr	...	TV Announcer
Micheál MacLiammóir	...	Irish storyteller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sylvana Henriques	...	Mannequin in shop window
Yemi Ajibade	...	New Lodger (uncredited)
Declan Mulholland	...	Storyteller' aide (uncredited)

Directed by
Joseph McGrath

Writing credits
Dudley Moore		(written by) &
Joseph McGrath		(written by) &
John Wells		(written by)

Produced by
Walter Shenson	....	producer

Original Music by
Dudley Moore

Cinematography by
Billy Williams

Film Editing by
Bill Blunden

Art Direction by
Brian Eatwell

Costume Design by
Monty M. Berman

Makeup Department
Cliff Sharpe	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gavrik Losey	....	production manager

Sound Department
Maurice Askew	....	sound recordist
Keith Palmer	....	sound mixer
Charles Poulton	....	sound recordist
Lionel Strutt	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Brian Elvin	....	camera operator
Roy Larner	....	gaffer

Animation Department
Richard Williams	....	graphic effects

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Walter Shenson Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures

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Runtime:

85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, Kensington, London, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Last film role of Duncan Macrae he had died before its release.

Movie Connections:

References The Wild One (1953)

Madcap old-fashioned comedy...

"30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia" could never be lumped in with Richard Lester's irreverent (i.e., disrespectful) comedies of the 1960s, nor the Monty Python movies which came into vogue a few years later. It's too enamored with American nostalgia...and is too eager-to-please to make its mark as a swinging comedy with an edge (such as 1967's "Bedazzled"). Dudley Moore plays 29-year-old British composer who hopes to be married by his 30th birthday (the age when a man is supposed to have his life together); he has his eye on a pretty lodger (named Louise!), but is also consumed by work while writing his first theatrical musical. Moore, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Joseph McGrath and John Wells, seems to be having a high time here, though he relies too often on exaggerated facial expressions for laughs. McGrath eschews the popular mod trappings of the day for a more old-fashioned visual approach, including Walter Mitty-like daydreams, which is fine for the first three-quarters of an hour; after that, the gags get pushy and desperate, while the Bogart-spoof late in the proceedings is a complete miscalculation. Some spirit and style on a minor scale, and the score (also by Moore) is excellent. ** from ****