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Old 8th December 2022, 08:43 AM
Demoncrat Demoncrat is offline
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Loot (1970, Silvio Narazzino)

I'm a big Joe Orton fan I will say. Based on his second full length play, this tale of trust and tea leaves is still fairly out there tbh. Two friends rob a bank and naturally hide the money in the nearest place, a recently deceased relative's coffin.
All fine and dandy then. Sadly the fuzz turn up in the form of Dickie Attenborough. Contrast his performance here with his other film from this year.
Here he plays to the gallery to the hilt in a bravau style, fitting in with the farcical nature of the text. Tis a world away from Ray Cooney and the like though, with a black black heart at the core.
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