The Amazing Adventure details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | John Turnbull, Cary Grant, Leon M. Lion, Henry Kendall, Peter Gawthorne, Garry Marsh, Mary Brian |
| Director: | Alfred Zeisler |
| Genre: | Comedy - General |
| Studio: | DELTA VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Amazing Adventure |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 8 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 01 Apr 2002 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A old fashioned morality play
By Jennifer Carruthers from Cheltenham, UK , 16 Apr 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
The amazing adventure is an old fashioned morality play in every sense of the phrase.
Our hero Ernest Bliss (Cary Grant on autopilot) is simply too rich and apathetic to appreciate his life until his doctor prescribes a job as the cure for his malaise. A bet ensues in which Ernest must live without his fortune for a year otherwise forfeits 50 000 pounds.
He naturally learns that London is a difficult place to live without his riches. It is the good natured everyday (read poor) people who manage to eke out an existence in the cold, hard city who make him realise there is more to life than caviar. A level-headed love interest (Mary Brian) is the icing on the cake.
If you can ignore the clich?s, you will find this an enjoyable enough film. Cary Grant is always watchable and is joined by a great supporting cast who energetically perform without lapsing into too much sentimentality.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(6)Amazon should try quality controlling their DVDs
By Whyhaveanickname (2 reviews) , 21 Apr 2013This is a terrible quality print by a rip-off DVD supplier. Worse still, it's the American re-release that cut about 15 minutes off the British original release. This is a shame, as even in this miserable format, some of the film's good qualities emerge.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Fun early Cary
By Savage (632 reviews) from London, England , 03 Jul 2008This is a really creaky old film, sadly typical of British productions of the day, but it boasts Cary Grant and a really fascinating, of-its-time plot, making mileage out of the depression, and suggesting to its (likely unemployed) audience that hard work never harmed anyone. The quality of the print is pretty diabolical, so allowance must be made, but the story is fun, taking in high life and low with a very democratic attitude indeed. From Italian restaurants, to crooked garages, to actual crooks, to drunken butlers - really, what more could you want?- Was this review helpful to you?
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Probably only for Cary fans...
By a customer from Guildford, Surrey , 04 Jul 2006This is a fairly standard earlier Cary Grant, feels like it was made before the classic 'Bringing Up Baby' rather than after. Quite stilted acting, although Cary himself is on good form and the story is a reasonable one. Print and sound quality is good given the age of the film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Viva Laserlight
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 03 May 2005Quite a crisp little film on a standard post-depression theme, with Cary Grant back in Britain after having made about twenty films in rapid succession in Hollywood and having appeared with, among others, Mae West and Katherine Hepburn.
The film itself is very slight and short, but warm-hearted and enjoyable with a feel-good message and the young Cary Grant just oozing star quality. Don't miss Tony Curtis's very enjoyable introduction, complete with his hilarious impression of Cary Grant.
This DVD is put out by a company called Laserlight, which seems to specialise in presenting out of the way films from the studio years, rather than the usual run of classics and box office hits and presenting them well, which is really commendable. I'm going to look out for more.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A old fashioned morality play
By Jennifer Carruthers from Cheltenham, UK , 16 Apr 2005The amazing adventure is an old fashioned morality play in every sense of the phrase.
Our hero Ernest Bliss (Cary Grant on autopilot) is simply too rich and apathetic to appreciate his life until his doctor prescribes a job as the cure for his malaise. A bet ensues in which Ernest must live without his fortune for a year otherwise forfeits 50 000 pounds.
He naturally learns that London is a difficult place to live without his riches. It is the good natured everyday (read poor) people who manage to eke out an existence in the cold, hard city who make him realise there is more to life than caviar. A level-headed love interest (Mary Brian) is the icing on the cake.
If you can ignore the clich?s, you will find this an enjoyable enough film. Cary Grant is always watchable and is joined by a great supporting cast who energetically perform without lapsing into too much sentimentality.- Was this review helpful to you?
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