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The Scoundrel

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.

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Top Cast

  • Noël Coward

    Noël Coward

    Anthony Mallare

  • Julie Haydon

    Julie Haydon

    Cora Moore

  • Stanley Ridges

    Stanley Ridges

    Paul Decker

  • Martha Sleeper

    Martha Sleeper

    Julia Vivian

  • Ernest Cossart

    Ernest Cossart

    Jimmy Clay

  • Alexander Woollcott

    Alexander Woollcott

    Vanderveer Veyden

  • Everley Gregg

    Everley Gregg

    Mildred Langwiter

  • Rosita Moreno

    Rosita Moreno

    Carlotta

  • Eduardo Ciannelli

    Eduardo Ciannelli

    Maurice Stern

Overview

A ruthless, cynical, hated publisher is killed in a plane crash, doomed to be a "restless" spirit for being unloved. A heavenly power gives him a month on Earth to find one person to shed a tear for him before his fate is sealed.

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6.3 / 10
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    CinemaSerf
    7 Jun 28, 2025

    “When a book and an head come into contact, and one sounds hollow. Is it always the book?”. Noël Coward is the rather superior publisher “Tony” who is surrounded by acolytes who are little more interested in him than he is in them. Even his most loyal stalwarts are mere pawns in his successful business. Then he meets the down-to-earth “Cora” (Julie Haydon) whose approach to his caddish behaviour leads him to believe that she has to be girl for him. She has no intentions on that front though, and absconds to Bermuda. He sets of in pursuit but, well you know what they say about that triangle! Now he has one month to get someone to cry a genuine tear for him else he will face a fate worse than death. He realises now, as do we, just how false his life has been and at how shallow a character “Tony” is, but unless he can manage to find “Cora”… Though sometimes quite witty, this is still a little wordy for the first half hour. Coward exudes a superciliousness and pomposity right from the get go, so I’m not sure we needed too much more of the character establishment part, but once we reach the more metaphysical aspects of the story, it becomes quite a poignant look at hypocrisy and double standards, venality and yes, even a little pity and love. As to the miracle, well that’s down to a gently effective effort from Haydon who actually does well to make her presence felt in the ambit of Coward.

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