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VHS : The Detective (aka "Father Brown")In association with Amazon.comstarring: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Peter Finch, Cecil Parker, Bernard Lee directed by: Robert Hamer  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302768831 Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 6302768837 Label: Columbia Pictures Manufacturer: Columbia Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Columbia Pictures Release Date: June 22, 1994 Running Time: 91 minutes Studio: Columbia Pictures Theatrical Release Date: November 01, 1954 Sales Rank: 775 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Clever And Amusing: A Movie Of Thievery and Faith"What are you really after, your cross or my soul?" asks the international art thief, Flambeau, of Father Brown. "Both, of course," Father Brown replies. "Well, come and find us," Flambeau says. "I'll make you a bargain. Whatever you can find you shall have." "I accept your bargain," Father Brown says, and we're off into a gentle, amusing and thoughtful movie which stars Alec Guinness as Father Brown and Peter Finch as Flambeau. Father Brown is a parish priest in ... Read More Rating:  - Nicely done adaptation of Chesterton storiesG. K. Chesterton's clerical sleuth Father Brown is one of the great creations of British detective fiction. The Father Brown stories are a delightful mixture of wit, intrigue, and philosophical reflection. In 1954, Father Brown came to the silver screen in the person of the versatile Alec Guiness in Robert Hamer's classy adaptation. Although Chesterton's stories are set in the Edwardian era, the film updates the action (very stylishly, I think) to the 1950's. The screenplay, basically an expanded ... Read More Rating: - a rare findIn some ways, this is a charming but minor British comedy, most memorable for yet another in a seemingly infinite collection of excellent comedic performances by Alec Guinness and for the opportunity to see a couple of great character actors in unusual roles : Bernard Lee (M in the Bond Movies), as a police inspector and Peter Finch (of Network fame) as the debonair thief, Flambeau. You can take it for just that and enjoy the film thoroughly. But, on another level, the movie ... Read More Rating: - A Glimpse of the young GuinnessAlec Guinness gives a wonderful performance as the priest-turned-sleuth in 'The Detective', called 'Father Brown' in the UK. Guinness is fairly young in this film, and it is wonderful for any fan of his other work ('Kind Hearts and Coronets' and 'Captain's Paradise' come to mind as earlier examples, or later work when he had become more well-known here in America,) to see him as a younger man. He is also accompanied by a marvellous cast, with Joan Greenwood and Peter Finch. The plot line is not complex, it ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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