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Penny Gold (1973)
Director: Jack Cardiff
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From Time Out Film Guide
A brilliant opening sequence, otherwise this flat-footed British thriller is hampered by something like the world's worst script, including flashbacks no one would ever conceivably flash back to, and by a cumbersome storyline about big league stamp trading. A couple of incipient themes are visible: one lingers in the juxtaposition of traveloguish footage (shot round Windsor Castle) with the Blow-Up style investigation into the jet set life of a girl found dead in a studio; the other is the air of evil alter ego that hangs about the dead girl's twin sister, and is dismissed in one badly written scene.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Cardiff
Producer: George H Brown
Cast: Francesca Annis, James Booth, Nicky Henson, Una Stubbs, Joseph O'Conor, Joss Ackland full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 90 mins
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