Brotherly Love
(1969)
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Brotherly Love
(1969)
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| Peter O'Toole | ... |
Sir Charles Ferguson
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| Susannah York | ... |
Hilary Dow
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Michael Craig | ... |
Douglas Dow
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| Harry Andrews | ... |
Brig. Crieff
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| Cyril Cusack | ... |
Dr. Maitland
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| Judy Cornwell | ... |
Rosie
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| Brian Blessed | ... |
Jack Baird
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Robert Urquhart | ... |
Auctioneer
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Mark Malicz | ... |
Benny-the-Pole
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Jean Anderson | ... |
Matron
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Lennox Milne | ... |
Miss Mailer
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Helena Gloag | ... |
Auntie Belle
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Marjorie Dalziel | ... |
Bank Lizzie
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Marjorie Christie | ... |
Bun Mackenzie
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Rona Newton-John | ... |
Miss Scott
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In an upper-class British household, a crazy alcoholic, has an incestuous relationship with his sister, who is also capable of being fairly spirited herself.
The undoubted highlight of this movie is Peter O'Toole's performance. In turn wildly comical and terribly terribly tragic. Does anybody do it better than O'Toole? I don't think so. What a great face that man has!
The story is an odd one and quite disturbing and emotionally intense in parts (especially toward the end) but it is also oddly touching and does succeed on many levels. However, I felt the film basically revolved around Peter O'Toole's luminous performance and I'm sure I wouldn't have enjoyed it even half as much if he hadn't been in it.