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      Loot

      PG 1970 1h 54m Comedy List
      Reviews 33% 100+ Ratings Audience Score This adaptation of Joe Orton's play focuses on a motley bunch of characters crammed inside a small hotel owned by Mr. McLeavy (Milo O'Shea). While the body of McLeavy's wife lies freshly dead in a nearby room, her nurse, Fay (Lee Remick), plots to become the next Mrs. McLeavy. Meanwhile, McLeavy's son and his friend try their best to hide the spoils of a bank heist. As a dim-witted priest and a crooked officer enter the fray, hilarious misplacements, trysts and shocks unfold. Read More Read Less

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      Jennie Kermode Eye for Film An exuberant rendition of Orton's well structured farce, it might exhaust you but somewhere along the way you're likely to have a good time. Rated: 3/5 Sep 14, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Joe orton farce adapted for the big screen, and by and large it works thanks to the work of Lee remick, Richard Attenborough and hywel Bennett. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Stylish adaptation of a stage play, although somewhat offbeat in its appearance for the cinema. It's witty in places, farcical in its plot, but different. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member A not particularly great movie based on the hit play by Joe Orton, Loot is a black comedy based on a bank heist involving money being hidden in a coffin. That's kind of it really. The endless toing and froing of the two thieves as they try to conceal the money from an investigating policeman and a nymphomaniac nurse make for rather tedious viewing. The plot is not helped by the action being set mostly within the confines of a hideously decorated 1960s hotel and the language used being very badly dated. There's little sparkle to the dialogue and the 1960s slang feels cringe worthy. I doubt that even when it was released, the cry of "'E twisted me cobblers" would have gained a laugh from any but the most puerile of audience members. You really have to pity poor Roy Holder who is given a role clearly bigger than he can cope with and to add to his discomfort, has to endure wearing possibly the worst wig in celluloid history. His partner in crime is played by Hywel Bennett who is similarly unsuited to such an important part. Having said that, Richard Attenborough can't hack it here either and seems to be deliberately overplaying his portrayal of Inspector Truscott in the vain hope that no one will recognise him. Both Lee Remick and the wonderful Milo O'Shea do their level best to rescue the movie and manage to steal every scene that they appear in but I am afraid that their valiant efforts can't rescue this sorry offering. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a pretty poor version of a great, if flawed,farce. The cast is a truly odd collection - Lee Remick, for reasons passing understanding plays an Irish nurse; Richard Attenborough plays the inspector, as if he's in panto and the rest of the cast think they're in Confessions of a Window Cleaner. Only Milo O'Shea and Dick Emery get anywhere close to a performance that is bearable to watch. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Well the two leads were terrible and after one look at the set design I guessed there would be a Benny Hill type chase scene at one point, lo and behold there were three!! On the plus side though Dickie Attenborough was show-stoppingly hilarious and made up for most of the other flaws Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A great British classic based on the theatre play.It`s quite weird but funny. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis This adaptation of Joe Orton's play focuses on a motley bunch of characters crammed inside a small hotel owned by Mr. McLeavy (Milo O'Shea). While the body of McLeavy's wife lies freshly dead in a nearby room, her nurse, Fay (Lee Remick), plots to become the next Mrs. McLeavy. Meanwhile, McLeavy's son and his friend try their best to hide the spoils of a bank heist. As a dim-witted priest and a crooked officer enter the fray, hilarious misplacements, trysts and shocks unfold.
      Director
      Silvio Narizzano
      Screenwriter
      Ray Galton
      Production Co
      British Lion Film Corporation
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English (United Kingdom)
      Runtime
      1h 54m