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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (1982)

Director: Julien Temple

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From Time Out Film Guide

Technically smoother than its predecessors, this is otherwise the mixture as before: comics and musicians, sometimes in unfamiliar permutations, doing their party pieces on behalf of Amnesty. The musical punctuations are often outstanding: Sting soaring on a contemplative 'Message in a Bottle', Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton reunited for a loose-limbed blues. Among the bright moments: a perfectly controlled dialogue for John Fortune and Alan Bennett, a Billy Connolly ramble, and John Wells in his Denis Thatcher role.

Author: JC 0000-00-00 00:00:00

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Cast & crew

Director: Julien Temple

Producer: Martin Lewis, Peter Walker

Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Alan Bennett, John Cleese, Billy Connolly, Sting, Bob Geldof, Phil Collins, John Fortune, Michael Palin, John Wells full cast

Genre(s): Comedy

Duration: 99 mins


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