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Nothing but the Best

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Nothing but the Best

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Summary

Black comedy starring Alan Bates and Denholm Elliott. Humble estate agent's clerk Jimmy Brewster, determined to become a gentleman whatever the cost, asks a sleazy ex-public schoolboy to teach him social graces.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Scripted by Frederic Raphael, photographed by Nicolas Roeg and directed by Clive Donner, this has all the credentials to be one of the best British big-screen satires. There's no denying it's a very funny film, a sort of School for Scoundrels in a Room at the Top, but the brushstrokes are so broad that there is no room for the finer detail that would have made it a classic. Alan Bates is splendid as a working-class wannabe, but Denholm Elliott steals every scene as an indolent aristocrat who tutors him in the delicate art of being a cad.

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6.5/10

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Cast

rolenameJimmy BrewsterAlan BatesCharlie PrinceDenholm ElliottMr HortonHarry AndrewsAnn HortonMillicent MartinMrs MarchPauline DelanyCoatesGodfrey QuigleyMrs BrewsterAlison LeggattNadineLucinda CurtisFerrisNigel StockHughJames VilliersGerryWilliam RushtonBernard LevinBernard Levin

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rolenameDirectorClive Donner

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Theatrical distributor

Domina Prods Ltd

Languages

English

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