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Only Two Can Play (1961)

Director: Sidney Gilliat

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From Time Out Film Guide

Peter Sellers is at his most controlled in this biting, rather sad farce, adapted from the Kingsley Amis novel That Uncertain Feeling. He's embarrassingly good as an anxiously lecherous Welsh librarian, married with kids, living in a gloomy apartment with peeling wallpaper and the plumbing up the spout. Enter Mai Zetterling, the delicious, bored wife of a local dignitary... It's well-observed, dry, and just a tad smutty.

Author: TCh 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Sidney Gilliat

Producer: Leslie Gilliat

Cast: Peter Sellers, Mai Zetterling, Virginia Maskell, Kenneth Griffith, Raymond Huntley, John Le Mesurier, Graham Stark, Richard Attenborough full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 106 mins


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