Terry Thomas Collection - Comic Icons [UK Import]

Preis 35.84 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 5060034578758


Hersteller STUDIOCANAL LIMITED

Vereinigte Königreich Edition, PAL/Region 2 DVD: TON: Englisch ( Mono ), BONUSMATERIAL: Kasten-Satz, Multi-DVD Satz, Schwarz und Weiß, Szene Zugang, Wechselwirkendes Menü, SYNOPSIS: School for Scoundrels (1960) School For Scoundrels sees Terry-Thomas in his quintessential role of cad and bounder, using his lecherous ways to steal the heart of April away from her hapless suitor Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael). Sick of being one of life"s losers, Palfrey enrols at the college of "Lifemanship" under the tutor ledge of the incomparable Alastair Sim and proceeds to learn the arts of one-upmanship and gamesmanship in an effort to outdo his caddish rivals and turn his life around. A true British old-school comic gem, dripping in cynicism but with a big heart nonetheless. Private"s Progress (1956) Privates Progress teams Terry-Thomas once more with Ian Carmichael, this time in an army set comedy. Carmichael plays Stanley Windrush, a bookish and introverted flunkie from Officer candidate school, who is thrown into the deep end of rough and ready army life and must contend with rough-hewn fellow private Cox (Richard Attenborough), an eccentric crackpot Major Make Mine Mink (1960) Make Mine Mink is based on Peter Coke"s West End comedy Breath of Spring and concerns the blundering excursions into crime of a bunch of pinheaded amateurs, who specialize in lifting valuable furs and apparently devoting the loot to charity. Terry-Thomas plays one of a group of lodgers who all team up as the thieves as a convenient escape from the meaningless routine of their daily lives. Along with their aging landlady Dame Appleby (Athene Seyler), the misfits conspire to carry out a series of daring raids, keeping the only ex-con member of the household i...Terry Thomas Collection - 6-DVD Box Set ( School for Scoundrels / Private"s Progress / Make Mine Mink / Too Many Crooks / The Naked Truth / Brothers in Law )