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Barnacle Bill (1957)

Director: Charles Frend

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From Time Out Film Guide

Belated addition to the Ealing comedy cycle, with Guinness as the scion of a long line of seadogs who switches to commanding a pier because he gets seasick. Much too stereotypical, with laboured jokes about bureaucracy as efforts are made to turn the pier into an entertainments centre. In a nod to Kind Hearts and Coronets, Guinness also plays his ancestors.

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Director: Charles Frend

Producer: Michael Balcon

Cast: Alec Guinness, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert, Maurice Denham, Victor Maddern, Lionel Jeffries full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 87 mins


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