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Director: Philip Saville
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From Time Out Film Guide
Preposterous piffle in which hopelessly miscast stage actor Sher makes a ludicrous plot worse by parading a veritable text-book of camp and wildly inappropriate theatrical gestures as the eponymous hero, a bankrupt garage owner who tries to cash in on his precognitive powers in order to raise funds for a sex-change operation. Desperate for cash, Shadey approaches an eminent businessman (Macnee), who sells him to a military research establishment, where his pacifist leanings conflict with their hawkish aspirations. Thrown in for bad measure is a voyeuristic subplot concerning Macnee's incestuous desire for his daughter (Ash). The only enjoyable moment is when Macnee's mad wife (Helmond) stabs Shadey in the balls with a fork, his exquisite agony matched by our gratifying sense of revenge.Author: NF
Cast & crew
Director: Philip Saville
Producer: Otto Plaschkes
Cast: Antony Sher, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Macnee, Katherine Helmond, Leslie Ash, Bernard Hepton full cast
Duration: 106 mins
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