Trent's Last Case details
| Format: | U DVD |
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| Starring: | Orson Welles, John McCallum, Michael Wilding, Jack McNaughton, Miles Malleson, Margaret Lockwood, Sam Kydd |
| Director: | Herbert Wilcox |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
|---|---|---|
Trent's Last Case |
U Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 26 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 28 Jan 2008 |
| Main languages: | English |
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A brilliant British film noir
By Lavretsky (7 reviews) from London , 24 Apr 2008[Highly rated reviewer]
A delightful surprise. From a slow and static start, this builds into a British film noir comparable to the more celebrated works of Fritz Lang,Edward Dmytryk or Alfred Hitchcock.
The skilful deployment of established British boulevard actors who would seem to be more at home in a simple British comedy of manners effectively diverts the audience from the actual complexity of the plot.
The last half-hour is a labyrinth of u-turns,red herrings and real surprises.
To say more would be to spoil it for you.
Absolutely excellent.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(6)The Welles Effect
By uken (3 reviews) from Glasgow , 06 May 2012THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS Show review anywayHide
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Takeover
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 09 Nov 2009The first half of this is a well made, well played, pretty standard whodunnit, but the second half is quite spectacularly commandeered by Orson Welles and some very strange lighting. Highly implausible, very enjoyable and a good example of the Welles effect on otherwise ordinary films. Interesting also to see Kenneth Williams, for it is he, as a Welsh gardener, and that great old actor Miles Malleson in a substantial part.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Trent's Last case
By a customer from Stranraer , 09 Mar 2009Not bad, of its' kind. Michael Wilding is maybe a bit too much of a smoothie, but he excels in this role.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Do you expect me to believe that?
By SteveMason (58 reviews) from Nottingham , 03 Mar 2009Old school detective story which had the accolade of being rubbished by name (the book at least) in crime writer Raymond Chandler's famous essay, The Simple Art of Murder:
'I have met relatively few international financiers, but I think the author of this story has (if possible) met fewer'.
It has the usual weaknesses of the 'golden age' whodunnit. No sense the crime actually matters except to start a puzzle in motion. No real sense of characterisation. The absence of a truly satisfactory and believable puzzle. The lack of any similarity to real life.
It moves along cheerily enough, and the actors do a good job keeping a straight face. But it's all completely absurd. I could do a more professional job than the coroner carrying out the inquest. And I'm an idiot.- Was this review helpful to you?
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A brilliant British film noir
By Lavretsky (7 reviews) from London , 24 Apr 2008A delightful surprise. From a slow and static start, this builds into a British film noir comparable to the more celebrated works of Fritz Lang,Edward Dmytryk or Alfred Hitchcock.
The skilful deployment of established British boulevard actors who would seem to be more at home in a simple British comedy of manners effectively diverts the audience from the actual complexity of the plot.
The last half-hour is a labyrinth of u-turns,red herrings and real surprises.
To say more would be to spoil it for you.
Absolutely excellent.- Was this review helpful to you?
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