So this one was a bit of a random choice for film festival viewing. A 1949 Ealing comedy it is the story of a young man whose mother comes from an aristocratic family who marries a travelling singer and is disowned by her family. When the son realizes that his only way to claim the dukedom is to murder the eight family members ahead of him.
A black comedy there was quite a bit of laughter at both the story and sniggers at a lot of the silliness of the movie itself. There were a couple of uses of an inappropriate word in the movie that are cringeworthy and nasty, and the behaviour of the young Sibella seemed inappropriate to a modern viewer. 3.5/5
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An excellent movie! I love the old Ealing comedies. They really made Guinness's name.
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