And the Same to You
5.4
1960
1 hr 10 min
Comedy
Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
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- Cast：
- Brian Rix , William Hartnell , Tommy Cooper , Vera Day , Sid James , Tony Wright , Renée Houston
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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.
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I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
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The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
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