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Strictly for the Birds

A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.

Top Cast

  • Carol Cleveland

    Carol Cleveland

    Sandra

  • Tony Tanner

    Tony Tanner

    Terry Blessing

  • Joan Sims

    Joan Sims

    Peggy Bennett

  • Graham Stark

    Graham Stark

    Hartley Fitzroy-Miles

  • Jeanne Moody

    Jeanne Moody

    Claire Snow

  • Eric Dodson

    Eric Dodson

    George

  • Toni Palmer

    Toni Palmer

    Bridget

  • Murray Kash

    Murray Kash

    Mario

  • Christine Hargreaves

    Christine Hargreaves

    Linda Rich

Overview

A gambler tries to strike it rich at the racetrack but gets taken by a gorgeous blonde who also happens to be a crook.

Rating

5.8 / 10
4 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Feb 10, 2023

    This is really just a vehicle for small-time theatre star Tony Tanner, and it's doesn't really add up to much. He ("Terry") is having a good night having found a penny on the street and by one means or another turned it into a tidy twenty quid. There is soon quite a fly in his ointment, though, when an ex turns up and deposits "Alfie" (Alan Baulch) on him, claiming he is their son. What now ensues is a rather predictable series of scenarios that though occasionally lit up by Joan Simms as the landlady "Peggy", these recycle themselves a bit too often. Tanner has timing and some personality, but somehow this film just neuters that quite effectively with a really limiting stage-like production and some borderline inane dialogue. There is plenty of London photography, but after a few scenes that becomes unremarkable too. Saturday afternoon B-feature fodder, that's all, I'm afraid.

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