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Nothing but the Best

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Jimmy Brewster (Alan Bates) is a ruthlessly ambitious real estate agent who'll do anything to transcend his working-class roots. When he meets his boss's broke and desperate son, Charlie (Denholm Elliott), he can't believe his luck, and offers to pay him for lessons on all things upper crust. Charlie proves a willing and capable teacher, and Jimmy is able to use what he learns to rise quickly in the world. But when Charlie comes into some real money and loses interest in his pupil, Jimmy panics.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 08/21/2024
4/5
Raphael and Donner deliver some outrageously macabre twists, worthy of Roald Dahl while the film is a great time capsule taste of 60s London. Go to Full Review John Russell Taylor Sight & Sound 03/11/2020
As a light and (visually speaking, at any rate) often witty fantasy Nothing But the Best still has enough charm and entertainment value to send one, if not cheering, at least purring quite contentedly from the cinema. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 08/20/2024
4/5
‘…students of British cinema should form an orderly queue for this revealing gem of class conflict, Frederic Raphael was hip to the struggle and NBTB is played by a cast ideally suited to this kind of satire, not of the media, but of the system itself…’ Go to Full Review Judith Crist New York Herald Tribune 08/15/2022
he latest effort in this direction, a successful one, Nothing But the Best, does not have a "lovable" hero, only one who charms us completely because he's our kind of anti-Establishment success story. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/19/2016 A little too stylish and irreverent for its own good. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Clive Donner

Director

Alan Bates

Jimmy Brewster

Denholm Elliott

Charlie Prince

Millicent Martin

Ann Horton

Harry Andrews

Mr. Horton

Pauline Delaney

Mrs. March
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Synopsis Jimmy Brewster (Alan Bates) is a ruthlessly ambitious real estate agent who'll do anything to transcend his working-class roots. When he meets his boss's broke and desperate son, Charlie (Denholm Elliott), he can't believe his luck, and offers to pay him for lessons on all things upper crust. Charlie proves a willing and capable teacher, and Jimmy is able to use what he learns to rise quickly in the world. But when Charlie comes into some real money and loses interest in his pupil, Jimmy panics.
Director
Clive Donner
Producer
David Deutsch
Screenwriter
Frederic Raphael
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 39m