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Carlton-Browne Of The F.O. [DVD] [1959]
 
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Carlton-Browne Of The F.O. [DVD] [1959]

DVD ~ Terry-Thomas
4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Terry-Thomas, Luciana Paluzzi, Ian Bannen, Thorley Walters, Raymond Huntley
  • Directors: Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting
  • Writers: Jeffrey Dell, Roy Boulting
  • Producers: John Boulting
  • Format: Black & White, Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Momentum Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 8 Jul 2002
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000067NQU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 45,948 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A perennial afternoon telly treat, Carlton-Browne of the F.O. is a little less tart and smart in its assault on British diplomacy than the earlier John and Roy Boulting satires. The much-loved Terry Thomas, is the idiot son of a great ambassador, given a sinecure in the Foreign Office that becomes a hot seat when crises rock the almost-forgotten former colony of Gaillardia. Clod-hopping "dance troupes" of every world power dig for cobalt, a line of partition is painted across the entire island, and the young King (Ian Bannen) is undermined by his wicked uncle (John le Mesurier) and unscrupulous Prime Minister Amphibulos (Peter Sellers).

There's a touch of Royal romance as the King gets together with a rival princess (the winning Luciana Paoluzzi), but it's mostly mild laughs at the expense of British ineptitude, with Thorley Walters as the dim army officer who sends his men to put down a rebellion with orders that lead them to turn in a circle and capture his own command post, Miles Malleson as the gouty consul who should have come home in 1916, and a snarling Raymond Huntley as the minister appalled that the new monarch of a British ally was a member of the Labour Party at Oxford.

The film finds Sellers' non-specific foreign accent unusually upstaged, with Terry Thomas walking off with most of the comedy scenes, blithely inspecting a line of shabby crack troops who keep passing out at his feet. It fumbles a bit with obvious targets, especially in comparison with similar films like Passport to Pimlico and The Mouse That Roared, but you can't argue with a cast like this. Down in the ranks are: John Van Eyssen, Irene Handl, Nicholas Parsons, Kenneth Griffith, Sam Kydd and Kynaston Reeves.

On the DVD: Carlton-Browne of the F.O. comes to disc in fullscreen, with a decent-ish quality print. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection.--Kim Newman

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Dolby Digital 2.0


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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Uneven but often hilarious. , 10 Mar 2007
By John Austin "austinjr@bigpond.net.au" (Kangaroo Ground, Australia) - See all my reviews
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Peter Sellers is just one member of a large ensemble of British comic talent assembled by the Boulting Brothers for this uneven but often hilarious 1959 satire on Britain's fading colonialism and the incompetence of its Foreign Office.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Super Sunday Afternoon Film!, 15 Dec 2006
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I really like all of the films that Terry - Thomas made and Carlton-Browne Of The F.O is one of the best.

So sit back and relax - transport yourself back in time and enjoy a classic!
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