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Writers:
Graham Greene (novel)
Jay Presson Allen (writer) ...
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Release Date:
April 1973 (France) more
Plot:
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
José Luis López Vázquez obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 10:25 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Shaggy-dog story has moments of humor but not enough heart... more (16 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Maggie Smith | ... | Aunt Augusta Bertram |
 | Alec McCowen | ... | Henry Pulling |
 | Louis Gossett Jr. | ... | Zachary nicknamed 'Wordsworth' (as Lou Gossett) |
| Robert Stephens | ... | Ercole Visconti |
| Cindy Williams | ... | Tooley |
| Robert Flemyng | ... | Crowder |
| José Luis López Vázquez | ... | Achille Dambreuse |
| Raymond Gérôme | ... | Mario |
| Daniel Emilfork | ... | Colonel Hakim |
| Corinne Marchand | ... | Louise |
| John Hamill | ... | Crowder's Man |
| David Swift | ... | Police inspector John Sparrow |
 | Bernard Holley | ... | Bobby |
| Valerie White | ... | Mme Dambreuse |
 | Antonio Pica | ... | Elegant Man |
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109 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Australia:M | Spain:13 | France:U | Sweden:Btl | Finland:K-12 | USA:PG
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Joy Bang auditioned for the role of Tooley by reading for Katharine Hepburn but lost the part when Hepburn left the project. Cybill Shepherd also read for the role but was told by director George Cukor that 'she couldn't play comedy' after the audition. more
Quotes:
Aunt Augusta:
Steward! More champagne.
Steward:
But we're just about to land.
Aunt Augusta:
Then you'll have to hurry, won't you?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Taxi: Travels with My Dad (#5.9)" (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Serenade of Love more
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Maggie Smith is questionably cast as a wacky British eccentric, enlisting the aid of her uptight "nephew" (the terrific Alec McGowen) to help her out of a complicated blackmail scheme. Lumbering comedy-drama adapted from a Graham Greene novel is heavily padded with pinched, salty wit and lots of gossipy chit-cat and theatrical flair. It can't compensate for a lack of substance in the story, nor that Smith is too smart of an actress to be completely convincing as this merry madcap. George Cukor directed, with a heavy hand. Lou Gossett and Cindy Williams are both fine in support, but the movie is a featherweight farce undercut by faded-memory pathos. More heart and humor would have sufficed. ** from ****