
Kenneth More brilliantly portrays the pathos of a character who has never grown up. Inviting Miss Chisholm to Paris as a joke, he never expects her to turn up at the airport... Razor-sharp dialogue and humour infuse this exploration of the power of lies. With Jennifer Wilson. Anglia 1963 Ted Kotcheff 50min
Plus two entries from the Shades of Greene strand
(Thames 1975, both directed by Alastair Reed).
Special Duties (40min) showcases a fine performance by John Gielgud as the Catholic owner of a multi-national, hiring a nun to buy his way out of purgatory; while The Invisible Japanese Gentleman (15min) features Denholm Elliot musing on the curse of 'the writer's eye'.
UK · 1963 · Ted Kotcheff · 50min