Month: July 2011

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Bridge on the River Kwai
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Bridge on the River Kwai

As the leader of his fellow prisoners in a POW camp in Burma during World War II, Colonel Nicholson (ALEC GUINNESS) has resisted all efforts by its ruthless commander, Colonel Saito (SESSUE HAYAKAWA), to get his men to construct a bridge across a gorge of the strategic River Kwai. Yet, after coming to see it…

Sir John Mills ‘Hobson’s Choice’
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Sir John Mills ‘Hobson’s Choice’

I only discovered this delightful film recently. It charts the rise of Will Mossop, played by Sir John Mills, from boot hand in Henry Hobson’s shop to co-owner of the business. Ably assisted by Brenda de Banzie as Maggie Hobson, the eldest daughter. A very young Prunella Scales (Sybil Fawlty) also appears as the youngest…

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