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When a lonely, unappreciated farm-equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.When a lonely, unappreciated farm-equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.When a lonely, unappreciated farm-equipment salesman discovers he has only a few weeks to live, he withdraws his savings for a final holiday at a "posh" resort.
Grégoire Aslan
- Gambini
- (as Coco Aslan)
Eveline Kirkwood-Hackett
- Miss Hatfield
- (as Mme. Kirkwood-Hackett)
- Director
- Writers
- J.B. Priestley
- J. Lee Thompson(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaRemade in 2006 with Queen Latifah in the lead role.
- GoofsBird states that he made about 9 Pounds a week. This is about 470 Pounds per annum. When his manager is trying to get him to stay he first offers to raise his salary to 400 Pounds p.a.
- Quotes
George Bird: How do you keep smiling with a stiff upper lip?
- ConnectionsRemade as Last Holiday (2006)
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One of my favourite films
I love this film and it's one of the few I've watched time and time again. It's a forgotten jewel and is infrequently mentioned. For me it has everything that was important of it's era. The social comment is mingled into an entertaining story. How the Health Service is expanding but people go hungry. An over worked Doctor making mistakes. George Bird being projected into a world that is not his own. The irony of riches coming his way when he thinks he has little time left. The Union's getting their grip on the country with strike action. How the upper classes view the lower and vice versa. How George Bird is now viewed as upper class because of his new setting. Post war money laundering. How war heroes can't find work. Love and jealousy. And the ironies - how he buys a dead man's clothes. How he swerves a car to avoid a dog that is due to be destroyed and turns into a road called 'Fallow End.' Then there is the acting. Sid James gives one of his great performance. His 1940's and 1950's work was superb. Sadly remembered for his Carry On performances more than the superb actor that he was. He just holds the scenes and in some cases is competing well with Guinness. For Guinness this is an early film. Ernest Thiesiger makes a great appearance along with many others including the delightful Kay Walsh. Esma Cannon's acting is well done - better than her later performances where 'silly' scripts let her down.
Please do see it if you can. It's a little gem.
Please do see it if you can. It's a little gem.
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- steve-2065
- Aug 16, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Ferien wie noch nie
- Filming locations
- Welwyn Studios, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: produced at Welwyn Studios, Welwyn Garden City)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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