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Strictly for the Birds

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5.3/10 • 3

1964-03-281h 3m

Comedy

A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.

Directors
Vernon Sewell
Writters
Tony Hawes

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Carol Cleveland

    Carol Cleveland

    Sandra

  2. Tony Tanner

    Tony Tanner

    Terry Blessing

  3. Joan Sims

    Joan Sims

    Peggy Bennett

  4. Graham Stark

    Graham Stark

    Hartley Fitzroy-Miles

  5. Jeanne Moody

    Jeanne Moody

    Claire Snow

  6. Eric Dodson

    Eric Dodson

    George

  7. Toni Palmer

    Toni Palmer

    Bridget

  8. Murray Kash

    Murray Kash

    Mario

  9. Christine Hargreaves

    Christine Hargreaves

    Linda Rich

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CinemaSerf

Feb 10, 2023

5/10

This is really just a vehicle for small-time theatre star Tony Tanner, and it's doesn't really add up to much. He ("Terry") is having a good night having found a penny on the street and by one means or another turned it into a tidy twenty quid. There is soon quite a fly in his ointment, though, when an ex turns up and deposits "Alfie" (Alan Baulch) on him, claiming he is their son. What now ensues is a rather predictable series of scenarios that though occasionally lit up by Joan Simms as the landlady "Peggy", these recycle themselves a bit too often. Tanner has timing and some personality, but somehow this film just neuters that quite effectively with a really limiting stage-like production and some borderline inane dialogue. There is plenty of London photography, but after a few scenes that becomes unremarkable too. Saturday afternoon B-feature fodder, that's all, I'm afraid.

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Original Language
English
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