A Touch of the Sun
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
Frankie Howerd
William Darling
Dennis Price
Digby Hatchard
Gordon Harker
Sid
Reginald Beckwith
Herbert Hardcastle
Richard Wattis
Purchase
Alfie Bass
May
Ruby Murray
Ruby
Dorothy Bromiley
Rose Blake
Nana Aslanoğlu
Belly Dancer
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
Hotel desk clerk Howerd is a Mister Fixit who dreams of warmer climes. When he inherits a fortune, he takes off to enjoy it, only to find the reality does not match his imagination. On his return, as the film lurches into farce, he buys the now failed hotel, but has to impress the Northern investors by pretending the place is still a bustling location by having the staff race around posing as guests. Another failed Howerd vehicle, he would eventually find movie success with “Up Pompeii”. As typical for the time, the film benefits from the splendid British character actors filling out the cast.
I was never a great fan of Frankie Howerd's brand of comedy, but he's actually not bad in this rather quirkily entertaining tale of rags to riches. He is "Darling" who takes great pleasure in quitting as an hotel porter when he is left a small fortune. He soon bores of the high life and returns to his former workplace only to find it's struggling. He sees a chance to rescue it, settle a few old scores - and maybe even turn a profit if he can rope in a few gullible investors. To that latter end, he galvanises the staff and some of their friends to create the impression that this is a bustling, thriving, business that is a must-have for anyone looking to get into the hotel business. Howerd tones down his usual style of smutty humour here and tempered by the practically minded "Ruby" (Ruby Murray) and the odd dignifying appearance from manager "Hatchard" (Dennis Price) delivers a quickly moving story of the grass not always being greener. If nothing else, it does serve as a reminder of just what we were watching back then - simple comedy themes rather over-delivered, and though it's a bit on the long side I found it an OK watch.
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A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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สองหนุ่มเพื่อนซี้นักโทษ โจ (Bruce Willis) และ เทอร์รี่ (Billy Bob Thornton) แหกคุกออกมาจากสถานจองจำโดยใช้รถผสมคอนกรีตหนี และเริ่มปล้นแบงค์ขนเงิน เพื่อสมหวังดังสิ่งที่ทั้งคู่ปรารถนาด้วยกัน เขาทั้งสองได้สมญานามว่า จอมโจรปล้นค้างคืน เพราะทั้งคู่จะไปเคาะประตูหน้าบ้าน และขอค้างคืนกับครอบครัวผู้จัดการสาขาแบงค์ และขู่ให้พาทั้งสองไปเปิดประตูและตู้เซฟแบงค์เพื่อขนเงินในวันรุ่งขึ้น เมื่อเคท (Cate Blanchett) หญิงสาวผู้ผิดหวังกับชีวิตแต่งงานได้ตัดสินใจ หนีออกจากบ้าน เธอได้พบกับสองหนุ่มเพื่อนซี้นักโทษ ในตอนแรกเธอได้หลงเสน่ห์โจ แต่ต่อมาในขณะเดียวกันก็ได้เผลอใจหลงเอยกับเทอร์รี่ ทำให้เคทรู้สึกสับสน และตัดสินใจไม่ถูกว่าจะเลือกคนไหน เหตุนี้จึงทำให้สองหนุ่มเพื่อนซี้ต้องต่อสู้เพื่อแย่งชิงเคทกัน เคทยิ่งรู้สึกสับสนและไม่พอใจจึงได้ทิ้งทั้งคู่ไป สองหนุ่มเพื่อนซี้จึงได้สติและคิด แผนปล้นครั้งยิ่งใหญ่ทิ้งท้ายเพื่อทำตามฝันของทั้งสอง