Showing posts with label Gerry O'Hara. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerry O'Hara. Show all posts

19.1.16

all the right noises (1971)

"You are a good man."
Len (Tom Bell) is a loving husband and father, apart from having an affair with teenager Val (Olivia Hussey) that is. British realism that lacks much, unless you just want to revel in the scenery and look of 70's London.

10.12.11

the spy's wife (1972)


"Selling Toys it's got S.P.Y. written all over it."
Hilda Tyler (Dorothy Tutin) is the titular wife of Tom (Tom Bell), a spy, and whilst he goes off on business, she is left alone. But is she up to some spying of her own?
A short drama, with a nice twist at the finish.

all the right noises (1971)


"Can't we go on for a little while?"
Len (Tom Bell) is a lighting engineer in the theatre has a fling with a precocious young girl in the chorus, Val (Olivia Hussey). Complicating events is Joy (Judy Carne), Len's wife and mother of his two children, and Len's confusion when he finds out Val is not yet 16.
A seventies suburban take on the kitchen sink drama, which foregoes histronics and fireworks, but still holds your attention with the strong central performances of Bell and Hussey.

28.5.11

the pleasure girls (1965)


"I'm on the career kick, no time for love."
Sally (Francesca Annis) moves up from the country to London, determined to make it as a model. She takes a room in a house full of other aspiring young women and is soon caught up in their lives and that of the swinging London scene, meeting photographer (Ian McShane), slum landlord (Klaus Kinski), and even a gay character for good measure (Tony Tanner).
An interesting curio, and beautifully observed period piece. All bright and breezy to start, we soon find that most of these people have hidden problems.