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82 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have not seen this film for at least 30 years and was delighted to find it was on the Alec Guinness icon collection, which I received as a Christmas present. Alec Guinness plays Captain Ambrose, who comes from a long line of seafarers. However he suffers from acute seasickness and uses his retirement money to buy a delapidated Victorian pier. The corrupt town council have other ideas and want to knock the pier down for their own financial gain. He is not to be deterred and finds an unexpected ally in a former council member who has just found out her beach huts will also be demolished. They plan together to put her beach huts on the pier and turn the pier into a cruise "ship" for seasick holidaymakers. The battle of wits between Captain Ambrose and the crooked council are delightful and typically British. I will not say more about the plot, in 30 years it has not lost any of its charm and nostalgia.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is a film to savour with a wonderful performance from Sir Alec Guiness as a seasick naval officer who takes leave of the navy to buy and run a delapidated old pier. He runs it like a ship and eventually wins the hearts and minds of the locals (except for the corrupt council officials who had a hidden agenda).
If you want a really great feel good film with gentle comedy free of all the brash coarse humour of so called comedy today, then this is the film for you. It reminds you of the long gone golden age of Britsh comedies for which the ealing studios were justly famed.
It is even more special to me as the resort in which it was filmed in the 1950s (Hunstanton) is where I and my parents spent wonderful carefree weeks when I as a child stayed in a caravan there and would take a ride on the train that used to run along the pier.
This film is a true classic. If you want to remember what Britishness is really all about then get a copy and enjoy
If you want a really great feel good film with gentle comedy free of all the brash coarse humour of so called comedy today, then this is the film for you. It reminds you of the long gone golden age of Britsh comedies for which the ealing studios were justly famed.
It is even more special to me as the resort in which it was filmed in the 1950s (Hunstanton) is where I and my parents spent wonderful carefree weeks when I as a child stayed in a caravan there and would take a ride on the train that used to run along the pier.
This film is a true classic. If you want to remember what Britishness is really all about then get a copy and enjoy
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A typical 'old' british comedy, If you enjoy old fashion fun then this is ideal, simple humour. A typical Alex Guinness.
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