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Go To Blazes [DVD]
 
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Go To Blazes [DVD]

Robert Morley , Dennis Price , Michael Truman    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Robert Morley, Dennis Price, Miles Malleson, David Lodge, Finlay Currie
  • Directors: Michael Truman
  • Producers: Go to Blazes
  • Format: PAL
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Jan 2012
  • Run Time: 80.00 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006D9UY8K
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,255 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Bernard, Harry and Alfie are three charming but unsuccessful crooks who smash and grab tactics rarely come off. On their way for another stint behind bars they see the traffic part for an on call fire engine and hatch a new plan. Upon their release they set out to acquire a fire engine to use as the perfect getaway vehicle on a jewelry robbery. But when they are mistaken for real firemen their plan slowly begins to unravel. When Harry gets scared by the appearance of the police he accidentally runs into a dress salons changing room. He meets the beautiful Chantal who might just hold the key to finally pulling off a successful heist.

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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.85:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Three losing crooks are featured as Stooge-like misfits (sans slapstick) in this conventional comedy by director Michael Truman. Bernard (Dave King) is the ringleader, while Harry and Alfie (Daniel Massey and Norman Rossington) do their best to contribute to the trio's success -- and fail each time. First the group screw up their escape after a robbery because they are stuck in traffic by a fire engine. That gives them the idea of getting a fire engine to pull off a heist, and that goes wrong because they are detoured to a real fire. Next, they recruit an ex-fireman with a record for setting blazes himself (Robert Morley) in the hopes that a decoy fire can take attention away from the bank they want to rob. With their batting average, the bank seems fairly safe. ...Go to Blazes

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Flaming marvellous! 27 Jan 2012
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A lovely perfect crisp and sharp DVD transfer of this relatively obscure 1962 comedy, in excellent colour and widescreen.

It's a gentle, typically British comedy concerning a trio of bumbling, likeable crooks who decide to use a fire engine as their perfect get away vehicle! Sounds completely daft I know, but it somehow seems plausible in the context of this story. A great cast is featured with a host of familiar faces, Robert Morley, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Norman Rossington, and a very young Maggie Smith. Derek Nimmo appears amusingly in a cameo role as an agitated young man whose flat has been flooded and who foolishly enlists the aid of our heroes to pump out the water! Coral Browne is her usual camp self as the proprietress of an ailing fashion house which ultimately serves as a base for the bank robbery.

The film also has some very interesting London location filming, showing both the Hammersmith Flyover and the Barbican estate during the course of construction, and the period touch I always like to see, trolleybus wires over the streets in the opening scenes! Many of the exterior shots were obviously filmed on a large studio set, which I'm pretty sure was the same one used for Cliff Richard's "The Young Ones" made the same year. It looked very familiar to me.

I can't really recall any other comedy having this theme, apart from Will Hay's 1939 "Where's that fire?", not on DVD unfortunately. Another film I can recommend without reservation, 100% entertaining and nostalgia for all of us of the very highest quality.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Blazingly good fun 12 Dec 2011
By Chris
This film is one of my childhood favourites and I have been waiting a long time for its release on DVD as I keep missing it whenever it is on TV, Although the DVD is not released as yet and I cannot comment on the features of that etc, The film is excellent with comic performances from all involved especially a young Maggie Smith, Robert Morley is excellent as always along with all the other cast. definitely a worthwhile film and I am hoping my kids will enjoy it just as much as me.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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I have to agree with everything Chris says, have also been waiting a long time for it's release. This very good film has rarely been on tv and to my knowledge not for many years. A Fire Engine may not be the best getaway vehicle after all.
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