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Barnacle Bill [DVD]
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| Format | PAL |
| Contributor | Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, T E B White, Maurice Denham, Richard Wattis, Lionel Jeffries, Charles Frend, George Rose, Allan Cuthbertson, Victor Maddern, Harold Goodwin, Michael Balcon, Percy Herbert See more |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Runtime | 1 hour and 27 minutes |
| Publication date | 2 Feb. 2009 |
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Product description
Classic Ealing comedy starring Alec Guinness. Captain Ambrose (Guinness) has a problem - a serious problem. Despite being descended from a famous seafaring family, he struggles on board ship because of chronic seasickness. At the end of the war, he decides to quit the waves and take a shore command. Buying the amusement arcade on the pier at Sandcastle-On-Sea, he looks for a calm life. But even on shore, he finds the waters rough. Opposition comes in the form of the local town council, which decides that all forms of gambling should be banned. From then on, Captain Ambrose faces stormy seas and all is definitely not plain sailing.
Product details
- Is discontinued by manufacturer : No
- Package Dimensions : 19 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm; 69 Grams
- Manufacturer reference : 5055201802002
- Director : Charles Frend
- Media Format : PAL
- Run time : 1 hour and 27 minutes
- Release date : 2 Feb. 2009
- Actors : Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Maurice Denham, Percy Herbert, Victor Maddern
- Studio : Studiocanal
- Producers : Michael Balcon
- ASIN : B001KWHOJ2
- Country of origin : United Kingdom
- Writers : T E B White
- Number of discs : 1
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He finds an unlikely ally in Irene Browne, owner of holiday beach huts, who upon first meeting accuses him of spying. All starch and tweed, his charm, a few nips of rum & betrayal from her greedy fellow colleagues, turn things and both prepare to repel unwelcome boarders. I don't recall having seen this film all the way through before & it was my loss as quite a lot was put into the eighty minutes or so of this Ealing treasure. Also enjoyable, was recognising familiar faces of those supporting actors --- mainly from that 1950s run of war movies.
A must see film.
The story is about a sea captain (Alec Guiness) who gets terribly seasick and ends up retiring and buying a pier which he turns into a 'ship'. You have to watch the film to understand what I mean. This is typical of the films made by the score in the fifties for cinema hungry film lovers, if that is what you like, then this is most definitely for you.
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