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Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1968)
Director: Maurice Hatton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Very much a product of the revolution in the air of 1968, Hatton's first feature has rather dated in its attempts to state a case for radical social change in Britain. More than a little muddled anyway when trying to be serious, it was always much better at digging satirically into areas of bad faith as its hero, a 30-year-old Marxist-Leninist of working class origins (sharply played by a pre-Sweeney Thaw), seduces a string of bourgeois beauties in the hope of also impregnating them with his revolutionary message. As in Long Shot, Hatton's quirkish sense of humour is the thing.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Maurice Hatton
Producer: Maurice Hatton
Cast: John Thaw, Edina Ronay, Louis Mahoney, Anthony Villaroel, Helen Fleming full cast
Duration: 90 mins
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