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1947 Certificate U
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Harold Diddlebock is a banker who dreams only of getting his fellow cashier down the aisle. His dream, and heart, are shattered, however, when he is fired... Read more

Starring Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee
Director Preston Sturges
Genres Comedy

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The Sin Of Harold Diddlebock

Harold Diddlebock is a banker who dreams only of getting his fellow cashier down the aisle. His dream, and heart, are shattered, however, when he is fired...

Starring Harold Lloyd, Jimmy Conlin, Raymond Walburn, Rudy Vallee, Edgar Kennedy
Director Preston Sturges
Studio ELSTREE HILL ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 06 Jun 2007
Production year: 1947
Format DVD
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  • Lloyd's last film - by no means the total disaster of reputation - kicks off with the final reel of The Freshman, then... read more on Time Out

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  • 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    An uneasy marriage

    Your opinion of this film may depend on whether you are a Preston Sturges fan or an admirer of Harold LLoyd but both camps are likely to be slightly disappointed by this marriage of styles.

    The rapid fire patter of Sturges is here as is the vertigo inducing stunts that are LLoyd's trademark but you are left wanting more of both. On it's release this film was not particularly successful and it was later re-edited in a shorter version and renamed 'Mad Wednesday'.

    Despite the above concerns it is still an enjoyable and funny movie

      • jim crichton from Witley bay, England
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  • Rated - 5 stars

    Undiscovered masterpiece

    A criminally neglected masterpiece. The combination of Lloyd's deadpan delivery and Sturgess' literary dialogue works perfectly; it's a shame that this was the final film that either of them made. The plot ingeniously starts by incorporating footage from 'The Freshman', a film that Lloyd had made twenty years earlier and then follows his subsequent career through a series of bewildering twists. The reprisal of the high-rise stunts that Lloyd was famous for in the '20s (but with a lion this time) is a little unconvincing but nothing could spoil the brilliance of the plotting and dialogue in this film.

      • A customer from The Midlands
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