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Director:
Val Guest
Writers:
Val Guest (writer)
Robert Muller (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1966 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
From the Boardwalk... to Monte Carlo Villas... the inside story of the men behind the beauty racket!
Plot:
On a seaside holiday, pretty Bristol typist Shirley meets Dan Mackenzie from her local paper. He persuades... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ian Hendry ... Don Mackenzie
Janette Scott ... Shirley Freeman
Ronald Fraser ... Walter Carey

Edmund Purdom ... Rex Carrick
Jean Claudio ... Armand
Kay Walsh ... Mrs. Freeman
Norman Bird ... Mr. Freeman
Janina Faye ... Elaine
Tommy Trinder ... Charlie Dorton
David Weston ... Harry
Peter Ashmore ... Lucius
Sid James ... 'Butlin' Judge (as Sydney James)
Jacqueline Jones ... Jean Watson
Jackie White ... Barbara Lawton
Jerry Desmonde ... Swimming Pool MC
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Beauty Circus (UK) (working title)
Contest Girl (USA)
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Runtime:
Germany:110 min | USA:82 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:Btl | West Germany:16
Filming Locations:
Bristol, England, UK more
Company:
Rank Organisation, The more

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Nice watching, 8 January 2007
7/10
Author: sandeepjoshi9-1 from India

I saw this film long back and liked it very much. This is an honest depiction about the ugliness behind beauty business. Late Ian Hendry is good and so is Janette Scott. The dark side of beauty business is vividly shown here, the middle class ambitions and its inability to take hard failure ultimately is wonderfully depicted here. Film also points a finger towards brutal journalistic trends which needs scapegoats or people who could be used as stories. It uses them and spits them away (like the case of leading lady of this picture). It is a wonder, why this film is not even heard of these days when so many fashion shows are taking place. This tells behind the scene truths about such beauty events and nothing much has changed.

It also has a shattering end that will move you to tears.

7 out of 10.

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