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The life of a timid cosmetics salesman (Richard Todd) is thoroughly altered after he decides to track down the thieves who stole his car. In his first dramatic role, Peter Sellers plays the criminal mastermind behind a tough gang. Read more

Starring	Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith
Director	John Guillermin
Genres	Drama

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- Cosmetics salesman Todd has his car stolen and, without insurance or much assistance from the police, decides to track... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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- - 14
  - 0
  Shines despite its seediness!
  
  I really enjoyed 'Never Let Go.' I was capitivated from the very beginning by its characters and its structure. It is beautifully directed, and lovingly... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - james01
  - Kent
  - 28 Nov 2004 at 01:46
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- - 0
  - 0
  The Anglia's Gone...
  
  Straw Dogs is about builders raping your wife. Death Wish is about street thugs raping your wife and daughter and murdering them. Never Let Go is about Adam ... read more »
  
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- - TimothyLeighton
  - 4 reviews
  - 14 May 2012 at 18:09
- - 1
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  Peter Sellers: straight actor
  
  To me, this is one of the most underated movies ever. An incredible performance by Peter Sellers showing he was so much more than a just a comedian. It is ... read more »
  
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- - Capuccino_Kid
  - 3 reviews
  - Beith
  - 03 Feb 2012 at 09:30
- - 2
  - 0
  Johnny did come marching home
  
  In 'Never Let Go' actors are cast against 'type'; Richard Todd as a down-at-heel cosmetics salesman whose life and dreams since the war have ... read more »
  
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- - droog
  - 25 reviews
  - Lingfield,Surrey
  - 29 Apr 2011 at 22:14
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  - 6
  Best forgotten...
  
  Contrary to 'james 01 from Kent's' assertion that Elizabeth Sellars was Peter Seller's wife - well, the spelling of Sellers/Sellars is the first... read more »
  
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- - Square Eyes
  - Lancashire
  - 17 Mar 2010 at 13:19
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  - 2
  Never Let Go
  
  A very typical British movie of the age, with a fairly predictable plotline. All concerned put in adequate performances and it's not that I didn't enjoy... read more »
  
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  - Stranraer
  - 27 Jul 2009 at 22:06
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  Period Drama
  
  An interesting watch on late 1950's early 1960's life. Sellars and Todd act out their parts very well, especially Sellars who is menacing and seedy at ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 02 Apr 2009 at 11:38
- - 2
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  Classic Film of the Period
  
  I am so glad that this film was available as its one of my favorities. Sellars and Faith's performances are first class. The atmosphere typical of the later... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham
  - 12 Jul 2006 at 10:58
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  Little known film but great
  
  It's good to see peter sellers play a different serious role and not be the lead actor.
  
  He plays a villian very well and as others have said the ... read more »
  
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- - penkhullwolf
  - Cheshire
  - 04 Jun 2006 at 00:07
- - 1
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  Excellent for it's time
  
  This must surely be one of the best British dramas of it's time and deserves to be much more widely known than it is. The acting is superb both from Todd ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 25 Feb 2006 at 14:59
- - 2
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  i must have missed this one
  
  i love british films from the 50s and 60s and i thought i knew about most of them but i must have missed this one as it was the first time i had seen it. i love... read more »
  
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- - leon blank
  - rainy Wales
  - 25 Sep 2005 at 12:37
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- - 14
  - 0
  Shines despite its seediness!
  
  I really enjoyed 'Never Let Go.' I was capitivated from the very beginning by its characters and its structure. It is beautifully directed, and lovingly... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 315270
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - james01
  - Kent
  - 28 Nov 2004 at 01:46
- - 2
  - 0
  Serious Peter Sellers
  
  Sellers is a gangster who has a legitimate garage business but his gang steal cars.Todd is a mild mannered rep who has his new car stolen by them and he becomes... read more »
  
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- - john evans
  - cardiff,wales.
  - 01 Dec 2004 at 23:13
- - 2
  - 0
  i must have missed this one
  
  i love british films from the 50s and 60s and i thought i knew about most of them but i must have missed this one as it was the first time i had seen it. i love... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 153148
- - leon blank
  - rainy Wales
  - 25 Sep 2005 at 12:37
- - 2
  - 0
  Classic Film of the Period
  
  I am so glad that this film was available as its one of my favorities. Sellars and Faith's performances are first class. The atmosphere typical of the later... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 263399
- - a customer
  - Nottingham
  - 12 Jul 2006 at 10:58
- - 2
  - 0
  Little known film but great
  
  It's good to see peter sellers play a different serious role and not be the lead actor.
  
  He plays a villian very well and as others have said the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 365881
- - penkhullwolf
  - Cheshire
  - 04 Jun 2006 at 00:07
- - 2
  - 0
  Johnny did come marching home
  
  In 'Never Let Go' actors are cast against 'type'; Richard Todd as a down-at-heel cosmetics salesman whose life and dreams since the war have ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 987483
- - droog
  - 25 reviews
  - Lingfield,Surrey
  - 29 Apr 2011 at 22:14
- - 1
  - 0
  Excellent for it's time
  
  This must surely be one of the best British dramas of it's time and deserves to be much more widely known than it is. The acting is superb both from Todd ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 211340
- - a customer
  - London
  - 25 Feb 2006 at 14:59
- - 1
  - 0
  Peter Sellers: straight actor
  
  To me, this is one of the most underated movies ever. An incredible performance by Peter Sellers showing he was so much more than a just a comedian. It is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1088230
- - Capuccino_Kid
  - 3 reviews
  - Beith
  - 03 Feb 2012 at 09:30
- - 0
  - 0
  Period Drama
  
  An interesting watch on late 1950's early 1960's life. Sellars and Todd act out their parts very well, especially Sellars who is menacing and seedy at ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 736649
- - a customer
  - Surrey
  - 02 Apr 2009 at 11:38
- - 0
  - 0
  The Anglia's Gone...
  
  Straw Dogs is about builders raping your wife. Death Wish is about street thugs raping your wife and daughter and murdering them. Never Let Go is about Adam ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 1119173
- - TimothyLeighton
  - 4 reviews
  - 14 May 2012 at 18:09

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