Douglas Slocombe (1913–2016)

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This came highly recommended by a friend although our copy was free with a relative's newspaper. Glad we didn't pay for it, really.

Black and white, starring Alec Guiness who plays just about every part, and does extremely well. But the plot is extremely far-fetched, and the ending rather predictable. Slapstick humour that left us rolling our eyes more than laughing.

Worth seeing once, as it's a classic, but we probably won't bother again.

A heist getaway involves turning Turin into a stunt course.

2/4 (Indifferent).

It has the exact tone and style of a Roger Moore James Bond movie. The heist doesn't make sense. The story isn't finished. It's very memorable, but mostly for being frustrating.

An estranged descendant of a Duke murders his relatives for an inheritance.

It's only occasionally funny enough to get a laugh, although it is consistently entertaining otherwise. Alec Guinness plays eight roles (all of them fun characters), and I might not even have guessed they're the same person if the blurb (and the opening credits) hadn't pointed it out.