Dick Barton details

Format: U DVD
Starring: George Ford, Tamara Desni, Don Stannard, Sebastian Cabot
Directors: Alfred Gould, Godfrey Grayson
Genres: Drama, Television - American
Studio: SIMPLY MEDIA
Name Discs
Dick Barton - Disc 1
TBC Disc 1
Dick Barton - Disc 2
TBC Disc 2
Dick Barton - Disc 3
TBC Disc 3

DVD Information

Run time: 3 hours 18 minutes
Rental release: 12 Jan 2004
Main languages: English
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  • Old Fashioned British Yarn

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer from Scotland , 07 Jun 2005

    [Highly rated reviewer]

    This is an early adaptaion by the BBC from a very popular radio series to the silver screen. It's a good old fashioned romp, with Dick Barton Secret Agent beating the odds to win the day with seconds to spare. This could be the review of all three DVDs in the series. In this one an English Lord (re: Lord Haw Haw)sells his soul to the enemy (the old Soviet Union) for money, but must kill all the citizens first.

    INGENIOUS, FLAWED, ENJOYABLE, DATED.

    Rent for the nostalgia only.
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  • dick barton

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By mark leather from secret , 22 Sep 2011
    Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone
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  • dick barton

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By mark leather from secret , 22 Sep 2011
    Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone
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  • dick barton

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By mark leather from secret , 22 Sep 2011
    Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone
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  • Dick Barton

    Rated - 2.0 stars  
    By a customer from Stranraer , 03 Mar 2009
    An excursion into nostalgia, but this one is definitely for the kids. The acting is 'ham' and I think you would only watch it to remind yourself of the days of Saturday matinees and the ABC Minors!
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  • Utterly superb

    Rated - 4.0 stars  
    By keef27 (4 reviews) from London , 25 Jul 2008
    As soon as the theme tune kicks in, I'm a little bit in love with this film. By the end, as stiff upper lipped Dick Barton rushes to destroys a diabolical sonic weapon at the top of Blackpool Tower, I'm totally sold.

    Seriously, what's not to like? An adaptation of the classic radio serial, some brilliant 1940s acting, a daft sci-fi premise, AND an ending in Blackpool! This is the kind of B-movie brilliance that Britain was capable of, and should be celebrated. It's not trendy, it was never critically loved, but this is a perfect reminder that the British film industry was (and still is) capable of greatness.
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