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Left Right and Centre

Left Right and Centre

1959Movie⏱️ 1h 35m
ComedyRomance
6.3
IMDB Rating
428 votes

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But...

Director
Sidney Gilliat
Writers
Sidney Gilliat, Val Valentine
Stars
Patricia Bredin, Eric Barker, Jack Hedley
Release Date
July 18, 1960
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 9
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

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Patricia Bredin
as Left - Stella Stoker
Eric Barker
Eric Barker
as Left - Bert Glimmer
Jack Hedley
Jack Hedley
as Left - Bill Hemingway
Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Dwyer
as Left - Alf Stoker
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Russell Waters
as Left - Mr. Bray
Hattie Jacques
Hattie Jacques
as Left - Woman in Car
Ian Carmichael
Ian Carmichael
as Right - Robert Wilcot
Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis
as Right - Harding-Pratt
Moyra Fraser
Moyra Fraser
as Right - Annabel
William Kendall
William Kendall
as Right - Pottle

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
Production
British Lion Film Corporation, Vale Film Productions

🏷️ Keywords

electionindependent film

🎯 Categories

ComedyRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Typical 50's BritPic
by billbrooks022016-09-12
6/10

"Sub-Ealing fare with many stalwarts of the genre in evidence. This is the Flanders and Swann style of satire('It's not meant to be funny - it's gentle humour - like Last of the Summer Wine')having a go at the Lord who turns his stately home to a tourist attraction(e.g. proto-fascist Duke of Bedford who 'let the side down') that thinks if it gives the impression of attacks on both parties it is neutral. Of course it is a product of its time so all the clichés are respected. Expect men to be calculating, women to be silly, featherbrained things, toffs well meaning, ..."

💡 Did You Know?

The pub sign "The Man With The Load Of Mischief" at 54 minutes 20 seconds was intact 14 years later and used in the September 1973 promotional video for Rod Stewart's "Oh No Not My Baby" (In colour)

📖 Synopsis

At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But...