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Make Mine Mink

  • 1960
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Make Mine Mink (1960)
Comedy

A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.

  • Director
    • Robert Asher
  • Writers
    • Peter Coke
    • Michael Pertwee
    • Peter Blackmore
  • Stars
    • Terry-Thomas
    • Athene Seyler
    • Hattie Jacques
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Robert Asher
    • Writers
      • Peter Coke
      • Michael Pertwee
      • Peter Blackmore
    • Stars
      • Terry-Thomas
      • Athene Seyler
      • Hattie Jacques
    • 33User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Terry-Thomas
    Terry-Thomas
    • Major Rayne
    Athene Seyler
    Athene Seyler
    • Dame Beatrice
    Hattie Jacques
    Hattie Jacques
    • Nanette Parry
    Billie Whitelaw
    Billie Whitelaw
    • Lily
    Elspeth Duxbury
    • Pinkie
    Jack Hedley
    Jack Hedley
    • Jim Benham
    Raymond Huntley
    Raymond Huntley
    • Inspector Pape
    Kenneth Williams
    Kenneth Williams
    • Freddie Warrington
    Noel Purcell
    Noel Purcell
    • Burglar
    Irene Handl
    Irene Handl
    • Madame Spolinski
    Sydney Tafler
    Sydney Tafler
    • Spanager
    Joan Heal
    • Mrs. Spanager
    Penny Morrell
    • Gertrude
    Freddie Frinton
    • Drunk
    Michael Balfour
    Michael Balfour
    • Rowson's Butler
    Grace Arnold
    Grace Arnold
    • Orphanage Matron
    • (uncredited)
    Sheila Aza
    • Casino Patron
    • (uncredited)
    William Baskiville
    • Police Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Robert Asher
    • Writers
      • Peter Coke
      • Michael Pertwee
      • Peter Blackmore
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    User reviews33

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    tedg

    A League of Extraordinary Women

    I liked this. I suggest you reserve it for a time when you want something that isn't much work in viewing (which means that 1960 is about the latest you can consider).

    The structure is a familiar one: we watch a bunch of actors portraying unlikely characters who themselves play unlikely characters precisely as far away. The joke of course is in the overlap, and the competence of the first contrasted with the incompetence of the second. Its all about coats and appropriation.

    There's an interesting performer here, one I haven't seen before. She plays a painfully reserved spinster who's occupation is mending broken china. Her character, Pinkie, is immensely inept and most of the polished humor (this was a successful stage play) is hers. We are introduced to her when the silly major breaks in on her bath because she has extended into his time.

    This is moments after having the first long segment of the movie linger on the sexy, pretty maid. And we see a naked skinny old maid in the bath. The major is retired from his duty as commander of "portable baths."

    That's the attention to detail you'll find in how this humor is constructed.

    Anyway, Pinkie (with the wonderful name of Elspeth Duxbury) only lived a few years after this. Too bad.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
    10barleeku

    A rarity

    The last time I saw this film was about 40 years ago when I was a kid. My sister and I would watch movies on Channels 9 and 11 in NYC and we saw Make Mine Mink about 3 times, I figure. Since then, I have unsuccessfully sought it in movie stores, like a man wistfully returning to the haunts he frequented with his first love, hoping against all odds to catch another glimpse of her. Part of my curiosity is determining whether I would think it as funny today, and my sister wonders the same thing. Terry Thomas was an absolute favorite of mine back then, too, and I haven't seen anything of him on TV for a long time. So what's this got to do with the movie itself? Well, it's just that kind of film. There's such a combination of comedy, sweetness, surprise, and intelligence in it that it sticks with you for a long time. The combination of the odd British major living in a rooming house with an extraordinary collection of women, the craziness of their plans and the situations they get themselves into, and the smart understating of the comedy that was such a British specialty before they became so self-conscious about that particular gift, make it a rarity in more ways than one.
    8hitchcockthelegend

    A gem of post-war comedy Britain.

    Make Mine Mink is based on Peter Coke's West End play Breath Of Spring. The story centres around a group of odd-ball amateurs, who led by their aging landlady Dame Beatrice Appleby {Athene Seyler}, venture into crime by way of stealing valuable fur coats and then giving the proceeds from their crimes to charity. Joining the eccentric Dame is a has-been military officer {Terry-Thomas}, a larger than life etiquette instructor {Hattie Jacques} and a batty china mender {Elspeth Duxbury}. Oddly, and crucial to the plot of course, the house keeper is an ex-convict {sexy Billie Whitelaw} who is not involved. Just as well since her boyfriend is a Copper! This sets us up for a number of delightful sequences as our "crims" blunder into one caper after another, whilst trying to avoid capture by the increasingly baffled police force. The film even has time to homage The Third Man in one particularly funny scene as Thomas' Major Rayne goes in search of a "fence" for their ill gotten gains.

    There are so many great things about Make Mine Mink, but what stands out the most is that it's a testament to what good writing and a quality cast can do for a basic premise. More known for being the director of film's starring that bastion of Jerry Lewis a like British comedy, Norman Wisdom, Robert Asher keeps it simple and lets the cast run with the material. The pace never lets up and there is not one sign of filler or awkward padding. Thomas is revelling in being the sole male actor in the core group and both Jacques and Seyler light up the screen regularly {look out for an hilarious smoke bomb moment from Jacques}. But it's Duxbury's movie all the way, a relative unknown with only 7 acting credits to her name {she passed away in 1967}, Duxbury gives a performance of such high comedic quality, this film becomes a fitting and lasting legacy to her name. As Pinkie she runs everywhere, forgets everything and has all her co-criminals constantly in despair. It's a truly joyous turn that for me personally has become a highlight of my viewings this year.

    Available on Region 2 DVD, and part of the wonderful Terry-Thomas Box Set, Make Mine Mink should hopefully now start getting more exposure. It deserves it, a throwback to great British comedy days, and a film that's sure to have you grinning from ear to ear. 8.5/10
    10johnson50

    A real treasure

    Very odd film. The sort of film that only the British could make.

    Terry-Thomas is cast out of his usual flash, boisterous role as the rather timid Major Rayne, down on his luck and living in a boarding house with the weirdest collection of women you're ever likely to see, including a very young Billie Whitelaw and a masterful Hattie Jacques.

    By pure mischance, they embark on a campaign of fur robbery in order to support their landlady's charitable work. The film is a wonderful caricature of the down-at-heel gentry in Britain at that time, includes some very endearing characters and is genuinely funny in its naive fashion.

    Recommended to any fan of the wonderful Terry-Thomas and British comedies of this era.
    7Doylenf

    Endearingly funny thanks to a splendid script and cast...

    Oddball British humor is as quirky as it gets in MAKE MINE MINK about a former military man (TERRY-THOMAS) who organizes an unlikely band of fur thieves in order to help fund an orphanage. It's screwball farce on the highest level, as only the British could do in the '60s about seniors in a rooming house who decide to spice up their lives by joining a robbery plan that goes awry.

    Within a half-hour of various pranks involving a discarded mink coat, the eccentric roomers of a London boarding house decide to go in on a scheme of stealing fur coats to fund their favorite charity. A sub-plot develops involving BILLIE WHITELAW and a young policeman. She's reluctant to become his sweetheart because she has a police record and it could hurt his career. He scoffs at the idea. She, of course, knows nothing about the roomers' plans.

    The plot deals amusingly with all of the bungled fur robberies and the interplay between the eccentric boarding house characters who adopt different disguises for every robbery. One of the most amusing sequences has Terry-Thomas believing he's stumbled upon a den of thieves and fences so he can sell some of the stolen goods--until he realizes the patrons are all members of the Salvation Army.

    The fun is in the role playing and the clever script. It's played to the hilt by an ingratiating cast and ends on an ironic note after the burglar ring has sworn that they've committed their last crime.

    Summing up: Mindless fun all the way.

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    • Trivia
      Film was the basis for the 1971 musical "70, Girls, 70", which ran for 35 performances on Broadway and starred Mildred Natwick. Music and lyrics were by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
    • Quotes

      Lionel Spanager: [Speaking to his wife concerning his "barmy" mother-in-law] Why don't you put her to sleep?

      [His wife looks shocked]

      Lionel Spanager: I mean take her to bed!

    • Crazy credits
      Michael Balfour (Rowson's Butler) was listed only in the opening titles and was not included in the closing credits list.
    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Comedy Movies: 1960s (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      The Third Man Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by Anton Karas

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    • Release date
      • February 10, 1961 (Finland)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ein Nerz an der Angel
    • Filming locations
      • Hampstead Heath, Hampstead, London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • The Rank Organisation
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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