Really enjoyed this movie. How is it that after 84 years of advance Ment in movie industry and technology, it is so much better to watch this than a comparable movie made in 2024? I won’t trade The captivating and excitement of this movie with that of new productions.
"You hate the truth, because in the end it will destroy you and your bankrupt philosophy. You will perish because you have nothing to offer, because you can't forever replace tolerance and decency with brute force." I wish someone would say it so well today.
Or as Einstein simply said, "To do nothing is worse.." in other words when it comes to bullies, whether dictators, religious fanatics, terrorists, if we all say nothing, do nothing, we're as bad as them. It's a hard thing to be brave but when it calls for it, it'll be the absolute test of good vs evil , right vs wrong,for us. I will always take humanity over nothing.
"The only thing needed for evil to triumph, is for good people to do nothing." This sentiment, or something like it, is found in traditional Christianity, and probably other traditions as well.
A really fantastic movie. Seeing Paul Henried as a bad guy was certainly different from his other roles, notably as the international patriot in "Casablanca". A young Rex Harrison was excellent posing as German officer. I've never seen this b/w classic movie, but I totally enjoyed it from the beginning to the end! Thanks for the upload! 🎦
Paul Henreid was a German Jew who wanted to continue to act in his country. He went to Goebbels personally to plead his case. Goebbels told him if he did not leave Germany, he'd be arrested. Luckily, he got out in time.
Yes, this is a treat, never saw it, was an Army Telecom Switching Instructor in Germany in 1990, such a beautiful country, excellent old movie..70 years old and I say these older movies are far superior to today's junk.....
Europe was in terror when this movie was filmed and Germany war machine devastated all armed forces sent against them. I can't imagine how realistic and frightening this screenplay was for people in the cinemas.
My dad was lucky, he was an engineer and worked secretly on developing jet engines for the US military, and they were still working on them when the war ended. In late 43, when they needed more infantry, he was sent to the Navy in Panama to guard the canal. He told stories about watching from the shore and seeing Allied ships being sunk by U boats. Your mum and all those people were tough. Churchill may have been the greatest figure of the 20th century. Best wishes.
This film, made at the very beginning of WWII, stands out as one of the best of the genre, with Rex Harrison as, essentially, 007. It's well written and nicely paced, with superb casting. The addition of Charters and Caldicott -- rugby-obsessed characters featured in other British films -- provides some measured comic relief and ultimately a major role in the spy caper. Excellent story, direction and acting, and one of my favorite films. Highly recommended.
One needs to consider this movie was made, what 85yrs ago ! Absolutely incredibly suspenseful clear to the end ! Excellent story ! TU so much for the presentation.❤
@@redblade8160 Is it really necessary to be so snide? Your statement is just as obvious as theirs was, but since you only said it to bully that person, I am reporting you!
I saw that movie during the pandemic, when Silver Screen was made available my television service provider. I remember how I found the finale thrilling. That is a really great movie.
Yes. The CGI doesn't even look real. I watched "Twelve O'Clock High (again) and the real film included in it is far more effective. Saw the trailer for "Masters of the Air " and those planes look strange. What I saw didn't impress. There are other films that tell the story far better.
A very good film. My Mum was the image of Margaret Lockwood and she told me that people often approached her and said, 'please may I have your autograph Miss Lockwood'.
Enjoyable film that perfectly suited B&W. The scenery was great too. I remember Margaret Lockwood only in her 50s-60s from UK TV as a child. She really was quite beautiful in her youth. Paul Henried was still going under his pre - Hollywood name in this one...
Good to see Irene Handl playing the officious station mistress. She had German parents but all were naturalised English and living in London long before this film.
Thanks for posting this, Lance. I saw it one night, late in the evening, and have been trying to find it again. As others have said, they don't make 'em like this anymore. Too much work!
I’m so glad they played a lot of British movies here in the United States because as a kid growing up I got to see many of them and they were always such good movies.
I am 83 now ,and when I was not working in shows on stage ,I worked in the box office ,and sometimes filled in for usherettes when they went on their breaks. …people were allowed to smoke in theatres in those days . …. How I miss the cinemas and live theatres ……the world has changed but sad to say not for the better….
When I was young and enjoyed watching movies at local cinema, I always got out with a headache. I couldn't understand why I had to have headaches? Thanks to those smokers - not only they burned their lungs - but - to those who didn't smoke it was worst! After so many decades they realize that smoking Is deadful! Bless you........
14:16 🎉🎉 sweet shot, panning across this small-scale model of the prison camp, that segues from the model to medium-range shot showing the fence cut open ❤
Please, please, please! When "They" come for you; Do not go back to pack some things you might need. Just go! Flee while you can still leave with your life. Do not go and pack what you think you might need. Just leave with your life. God will provide the rest! Just leave, leave, leave!
Charters (Basil Redford) and Caldicott (Neuton Wayne) are our English cricket loving heroes of the hour. Here they are as post war private eyes messers Bright & Early almost employing Diana Dors; ruclips.net/video/tgFEmE0krBM/видео.htmlsi=sSdfqJR2GxXRAfbP
Won't admit how many times I have seen it. LOL. Even when you know what is going to happen, the level of tension is still there. Hallmark of a great movie.
I counted at least 23... Did you also notice that Rex Harrison's handgun at 1:30:18 is different from the 6-bullet revolver that he is shooting with in the following scenes? And, another point, Gestapo and SS/SD did not usually have revolvers as side arms - they used the Walther PPK and Mauser 1934 pocket pistol. Oh, and I might as well mention that Charters and Caldicott seemed to be carrying British rifles which they ostensibly stole from the two German guards. At first, I was not convinced that the German army would have been using those. Upon closer examination of the rifle bolts and sights, etc., I now conclude that these are German carbines.
It's good to see Wayne, Radford, and Lockwood again in this film after they first appeared seven years earlier in Hitchcocks; The Lady Vanishes ( 1933).
They are a humorous addition to many other British films too. I'm sure I've seen them together in at least 3 or 4 others as well, usually as team sports fans as well. Their parts are usually not as long as here, having less lines and being a smaller part of the story, essentially just being there for comic relief. So this film has the longest parts for them that I've seen. I really enjoyed the nice long parts they played here.
Loved this movie. Especially the two britisch guyes in the train (from min 51:58) They are the best. Liked them in "A Lady dissapears" as well. What a gorgeous couple😂
They are a humorous addition to many other British films too. I'm sure I've seen them together in at least 3 or 4 others as well, usually as team sports fans as well. Their parts are usually not as long as here, having less lines and being a smaller part of the story, essentially just being there for comic relief. So this film has the longest parts for them that I've seen. I really enjoyed the nice long parts they played here.
I am sick to death of hearing this complaint! There were always just as many bad movies, you just don't remember them. And there are many good movies now. I can't stand any type of formula, and there have been many of them over the years. I dislike almost all cowboy films, noirs, and cop and crime movies. Many American comedies are as stupid as can be with their shallow slapstick humor. Comic book superheroes are all the rage now, but they are as stupid as it gets! Action movies of any kind turn me right off. They bore me to tears. Action and CGI are both used to fill up space when the movie doesn't have anything truly important to say. I guess I prefer good dramas, good comedies, and good mysteries, including good time travel shows. The thing is that among all of those genres there are many bad ones, as there always have been. After that list of things I don't like, and it's only a partial list, a person might think there is nothing I do like. I don't even go to theatres, and I haven't since about 1992 or so, yet I can list many good movies I've seen since then. Some were award winners and some were not. I saw some of them on a streaming app that's free, called TUBI. You can get it from Google Play. I would say to start with Goya's Ghost, Princess Carriboo, The Crying Game, and Citizen X with Stephen Rea and Donald Sullivan (not Comrade X.) But there are many more very good ones and even a few more great ones on there, among the usual garbage. That is just one streaming service. I'm not going to list every film I've liked a lot. There are too many, and not everyone's taste is the same, but they are there if only you open your mind a little, and let go of that negativity that so many older people have embraced so strongly! The world is a worse place by far, and the movies do reflect that, especially the horrible slide to the right wing that has gotten even worse since Trump began spewing nothing but hatred everywhere. But the constant repetition here of the obviously false claim that there are no more good movies is only making it worse! When it has already been said at least 4 or 5 times among 50 comments, why say it again?! That is most definately NOT helping. Why not instead tell people the names of GOOD movies here that they can watch?! That is SO VERY MUCH more helpful, and it will make you feel so much better than just griping will ! ! !
@@Jean-rg4sp Yup! Most especially movies! They were the first to make really good ones. When Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock went to the US they taught the Americans how to do it. Previous to that most American movies left an awful lot to be desired!
I only watched it because it came on my RUclips feed and I thought WTF. When I saw it starred Rex Harrison and was directed by Sir Carol Reed, I knew I had struck gold.
@@Rob-yk1jw Yes. That is true of many of the WW2 films! That is very surprising when you think about it! Public morale was a real concern at the time, so films were made to help keep morale up, which wasn't easy to do when English cities were being carpet bombed, and it seemed like the British Commonwealth was alone in fighting Hitler for so long! Without help from the other Commonwealth Countries the British would have been doomed, and most of us would be speaking German today.
Amazing film with current looking subject for this film to com out in 1940. On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia in the rump Czecho-Slovak state, in flagrant violation of the Munich Pact.
Trois des acteurs de ce film très très bon jouaient dans ”The Lady Vanished” d’ Hitchcock, 1938. Les deux anglais Basil Radford et Naunton Wayne qui sauvent l’espion anglais déguisé en nazi . Ils sont absolument géniaux !!! Et la jolie Margaret Lockwood ”of course”
Margaret is always beautiful and a great actor, and Wayne and Radford are always so funny. I've seen Radford and Wayne together in at least 3 other films, but this is my favorite performance by them, because it's the longest one I've seen. They usually only have very short blurbs, with only a few lines each. They're usually exactly the same people too, team sports fans who squabble together about it. The English really knew how to lighten up a film with comic relief. It was intelligent comedy that didn't insult the audience. They used odd characters that were almost believable. Many of that type of people were used over and over in short roles where their character was pretty much the same, and it was like seeing an old friend, after not seeing them for several years. They would give you a tiny burst of joy! Some went on to become quite famous for their characters in those small roles, so the roles eventually got longer and the parts got more important. One actress that comes to mind for that is a Kathleen Something, who almost always played a dumb woman with a loud voice in her earlier roles. She played a dumb middle aged servant, or wife, or shopkeeper type role, with dark hair and a generally likeable personality. She is one of those whose roles became longer and more important, so the dumbness was usually fazed out in the later roles, at least partially. She ended up starring or costarring in quite a few movies. I'm sure that people who have seen a lot of old British movies will know her when they see her, even if my poor description doesn't describe her very well.
Interesting dialogue straight out of the movie 1:11:12 to 1:11:23 ~ Paul Henreid: "Stay in England perhaps" ~ Rex Harrison: "I doubt it's a corrupt country" ~ Paul Henreid: "A corrupt country" ~ Rex Harrison: "Controlled by international Freemasons and the Jew Churchill"
A thoroughly enjoyable adventure. Rex Harrison wore those German uniforms rather splendidly I thought. Those two silly Englishmen🤣In the end, though, they showed bulldog courage, and all was well. Thanks for the upload.
Always remember this film for the exchange between Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne on the subject of Mein Kampf: Radford: "I understand they give [Mein Kampf] to newly married couples." Wayne: "Oh, I don't think it's that kind of a book, old man."
The actual footage is both valuable and fascinating, and we should remember that this film was made when the war was very new and still continuing. 1940 - the year it was made - was a horrific year for the Allies, and GB in particular.
absolutely lovely film good propanganda for what was coming. Margaret Lockwood such a lovely actress and Rex Harrison really good and the two engiish gentlemen really a laugh, nice film a classic!
The similarities between this film and ‘The Lady Vanishes’ go beyond the three primary actors of Lockwood, Radford, and Wayne, as well as the screenplay of both movies being written by Sidney Gilliatt & Frank Launder. Note the use of miniature sets - both movies open with the exact same shot: A zoom in on a miniature bldg which fades to a zoom in through the window of an actual sound stage set. One thing that’s always bothered me about this movie is the curious omission of Radford & Wayne from the very last scene where all our heroes have made it across the tram to safety. Charters & Caldicot are suddenly nowhere to be seen. An unfortunate gap in continuity at this key moment.
1997-2010 🎉 I lived 400m from the French border in Switzerland ~ the Café on the French side had WW II photos on its wall, of the Nazis guarding the border below its steps! And the roads were blocked by those huge welded "jacks" made from lengths of railroad ties.
excellent film about the beginning of WW11,, rex harrison superb, paul henried as the german spy,,loved charters and caldicott added tension and fit the story well,, watched this a number of times,,noever gets old.
Paul Henreid playing a superficially similar character to his role in Casablanca(1942)….except his allegiances in this film are malign and deceptive…..
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Really enjoyed this movie. How is it that after 84 years of advance
Ment in movie industry and technology, it is so much better to watch this than a comparable movie made in 2024? I won’t trade The captivating and excitement of this movie with that of new productions.
I totally agree
It's not just the movies that where better - but - everything from A to Z!
There is no doubt about it!
@@gilba56 Oh sure! Farther feilds always look greener!
"You hate the truth, because in the end it will destroy you and your bankrupt philosophy. You will perish because you have nothing to offer, because you can't forever replace tolerance and decency with brute force." I wish someone would say it so well today.
Best we can do is label parents' domestic terrorists, have social media SENSORSHIP and destroy political opponents.
You just did, and very well! 😊
Or as Einstein simply said, "To do nothing is worse.." in other words when it comes to bullies, whether dictators, religious fanatics, terrorists, if we all say nothing, do nothing, we're as bad as them. It's a hard thing to be brave but when it calls for it, it'll be the absolute test of good vs evil , right vs wrong,for us. I will always take humanity over nothing.
"The only thing needed for evil to triumph, is for good people to do nothing." This sentiment, or something like it, is found in traditional Christianity, and probably other traditions as well.
How dare you 😡😡😡
A really fantastic movie. Seeing Paul Henried as a bad guy was certainly different from his other roles, notably as the international patriot in "Casablanca". A young Rex Harrison was excellent posing as German officer. I've never seen this b/w classic movie, but I totally enjoyed it from the beginning to the end! Thanks for the upload! 🎦
Paul Henreid was a German Jew who wanted to continue to act in his country. He went to Goebbels personally to plead his case. Goebbels told him if he did not leave Germany, he'd be arrested. Luckily, he got out in time.
Pretty sure he was an Austrian Catholic aristocrat, not a German Jew. You must have him confused with somebody else.
"The people are behind the Fuhrer
But how far behind are they"
An Excellent Movie!!!
Cheers
Yes, this is a treat, never saw it, was an Army Telecom Switching Instructor in Germany in 1990, such a beautiful country, excellent old movie..70 years old and I say these older movies are far superior to today's junk.....
Hi 👋 I'm of iran ..I'm so such you thinking about it..cinema today's is rubbish..❤
@@Amsin-1976 No IRÃ VÊ FILMES ? PENSEI QUE ERA SÓ MESQUITA DE MANHÃ Á NOITE E MULHER ESCRAVA. KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
The actual footage of Berlin, Prague and London in 1939-40 is remarkable. This movie is a gem. Thanks for uploading it!
Europe was in terror when this movie was filmed and Germany war machine devastated all armed forces sent against them. I can't imagine how realistic and frightening this screenplay was for people in the cinemas.
The Truth is coming out now. Thank you President Trump
My Mum lived through the London Blitz. Frightening times indeed.
My dad was lucky, he was an engineer and worked secretly on developing jet engines for the US military, and they were still working on them when the war ended. In late 43, when they needed more infantry, he was sent to the Navy in Panama to guard the canal. He told stories about watching from the shore and seeing Allied ships being sunk by U boats. Your mum and all those people were tough. Churchill may have been the greatest figure of the 20th century. Best wishes.
@@steelcross839 And Volodomor Zelensky, President of Ukraine is the greatest of the 21st century. SLAVA UKRAINI !
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Excellent. Margaret Lockwood is always great.
@@NoggintheNod She was always great!
This film, made at the very beginning of WWII, stands out as one of the best of the genre, with Rex Harrison as, essentially, 007. It's well written and nicely paced, with superb casting. The addition of Charters and Caldicott -- rugby-obsessed characters featured in other British films -- provides some measured comic relief and ultimately a major role in the spy caper. Excellent story, direction and acting, and one of my favorite films. Highly recommended.
Charters and Caldicot were cricket fanatics.
Totally agree. Well put.
Nice review. I concur.
@@wilsonflood4393 Yes they were.
Agreed!
At the end during the gun fight, amazing to see how many shots Harrison took from his pistol without having to reload..,
After all, It was only a film - let's say: he reload? Don't tell anyone!🤣😎
One needs to consider this movie was made, what 85yrs ago ! Absolutely incredibly suspenseful clear to the end ! Excellent story ! TU so much for the presentation.❤
You said it!❤
What a dramatic ending….wow
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Of course he "said it". Who else do you think said it?
@@redblade8160 Is it really necessary to be so snide? Your statement is just as obvious as theirs was, but since you only said it to bully that person, I am reporting you!
I saw that movie during the pandemic, when Silver Screen was made available my television service provider. I remember how I found the finale thrilling. That is a really great movie.
I love the simple sets, painted backdrops and model work on this old movie.
They are so much more fun than the awful CGI overuse in modern films.
I love the flims airplane door at 7:52
Yes. The CGI doesn't even look real. I watched "Twelve O'Clock High (again) and the real film included in it is far more effective. Saw the trailer for "Masters of the Air " and those planes look strange. What I saw didn't impress. There are other films that tell the story far better.
@@marthae9338 I really like "12 O'Clock High" - one of my favorite war movies. The opening and close are very effective.
A very good film. My Mum was the image of Margaret Lockwood and she told me that people often approached her and said, 'please may I have your autograph Miss Lockwood'.
My mother looked a bit like Sophia Loren when she was younger. I remember the men doing some double takes. They both shared beauty and class.
Enjoyable film that perfectly suited B&W. The scenery was great too. I remember Margaret Lockwood only in her 50s-60s from UK TV as a child. She really was quite beautiful in her youth. Paul Henried was still going under his pre - Hollywood name in this one...
This was an awesome movie! Thank you for uploading it.🎉
I remember when first saw this on TV as a teenager. Each and every time I watch this, it is the last scene that always gets me.
Very interesting movie, especially the opening sequences of original "news" reels (which would have been contemporary in 1940). Thanks for posting.
Good to see Irene Handl playing the officious station mistress. She had German parents but all were naturalised English and living in London long before this film.
She was Jewish.
I loved her in this! She was great! What a commanding voice she had!
Carol Reed also directed the award-winning film, 'The Third Man'.
Wait. Orsen wells
@@alysononoahu8702 wut?
@@johnzajac9849 Wut what ? !
@@cattymajiv Wut wit wot wat what whot wuut wiit woot whit ? !
Everything directed by Sir Carol Reed is great. My fave movie of all time is The Third Man.
That movie is another level
Love that film! (In Vienna you can take a "Third Man Tour". Next time I am there I might do that. Perfect movie for so many reasons.
Well said. Thank you sir
First time I saw "The Third Man" was a complete Super 8mm print. Many, many years past.
Loved 'The Third Man.' Except for the horrible music.
Thanks for posting this, Lance. I saw it one night, late in the evening, and have been trying to find it again. As others have said, they don't make 'em like this anymore. Too much work!
Excellent! Also it was fun to recognise so many actors from the golden years of British cinema.
I’m so glad they played a lot of British movies here in the United States because as a kid growing up I got to see many of them and they were always such good movies.
Can you imagine this showing in smoke filled cinemas back in the day?
Usher: "Sir, I'm afraid I must ask you to leave the cinema hall!- the management doesn't tolerate non smokers like you during screenings!"
I am 83 now ,and when I was not working in shows on stage ,I worked in the box office ,and sometimes filled in for usherettes when they went on their breaks. …people were allowed to smoke in theatres in those days . …. How I miss the cinemas and live theatres ……the world has changed but sad to say not for the better….
I would rather like to imagine. A passage in time.
When I was young and enjoyed watching movies at local cinema, I always got out with a headache. I couldn't understand why I had to have headaches?
Thanks to those smokers - not only they burned their lungs - but - to those who
didn't smoke it was worst! After so many decades they realize that smoking Is deadful! Bless you........
A WW2 movie from WW2! Smashing!
They don’t make them like this any more pity
14:16 🎉🎉 sweet shot, panning across this small-scale model of the prison camp, that segues from the model to medium-range shot showing the fence cut open ❤
Please, please, please! When "They" come for you; Do not go back to pack some things you might need. Just go! Flee while you can still leave with your life. Do not go and pack what you think you might need. Just leave with your life. God will provide the rest! Just leave, leave, leave!
Yes, it was upsetting she wasted time as if going on holiday. I found that very disturbing. 😠😣😖
I LOVE Charters and Caldicott! They are so charming and hilarious! I wish they lived next door to me lol.
Two silly clowns, stupid children in adult bodies. They ruin everything they are in.
Charters (Basil Redford) and Caldicott (Neuton Wayne) are our English cricket loving heroes of the hour. Here they are as post war private eyes messers Bright & Early almost employing Diana Dors; ruclips.net/video/tgFEmE0krBM/видео.htmlsi=sSdfqJR2GxXRAfbP
I love these war time movies. Brilliant.
Charters and colticutt are the same characters and actors in ''The Lady Vanishes '' 1938
I love how the music softens as Randall steps onto Switzerland soil. I enjoy this movie very much.
Great movie 100% better then anything current
Won't admit how many times I have seen it. LOL. Even when you know what is going to happen, the level of tension is still there. Hallmark of a great movie.
‘You are flying direct to Croydon’. An age when that was a good move…
Anybody count how many bullets Rex fired at the end? Without reloading. 😊
Toooo many, lol. I was thinking about that, too.
I counted at least 23... Did you also notice that Rex Harrison's handgun at 1:30:18 is different from the 6-bullet revolver that he is shooting with in the following scenes? And, another point, Gestapo and SS/SD did not usually have revolvers as side arms - they used the Walther PPK and Mauser 1934 pocket pistol. Oh, and I might as well mention that Charters and Caldicott seemed to be carrying British rifles which they ostensibly stole from the two German guards. At first, I was not convinced that the German army would have been using those. Upon closer examination of the rifle bolts and sights, etc., I now conclude that these are German carbines.
Wow, nicely said.
Great Movie 🎬 I like these old Movies Thanks 😊
It's good to see Wayne, Radford, and Lockwood again in this film after they first appeared seven years earlier in Hitchcocks; The Lady Vanishes ( 1933).
They are a humorous addition to many other British films too. I'm sure I've seen them together in at least 3 or 4 others as well, usually as team sports fans as well. Their parts are usually not as long as here, having less lines and being a smaller part of the story, essentially just being there for comic relief. So this film has the longest parts for them that I've seen. I really enjoyed the nice long parts they played here.
Loved this movie. Especially the two britisch guyes in the train (from min 51:58) They are the best. Liked them in "A Lady dissapears" as well. What a gorgeous couple😂
The Lady Vanishes
They are a humorous addition to many other British films too. I'm sure I've seen them together in at least 3 or 4 others as well, usually as team sports fans as well. Their parts are usually not as long as here, having less lines and being a smaller part of the story, essentially just being there for comic relief. So this film has the longest parts for them that I've seen. I really enjoyed the nice long parts they played here.
Great movie. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing it! I always enjoy watching Great Old Movies though. 👍👌👏
And of course, I'm a subscriber!
Thanks Again Though.
Classic. Excellent actors.
Excellent movie… excellent acting… 100% better than the trash they are making today!
So true, & well said. I really enjoyed the movie too, amazing.
I am sick to death of hearing this complaint! There were always just as many bad movies, you just don't remember them. And there are many good movies now.
I can't stand any type of formula, and there have been many of them over the years. I dislike almost all cowboy films, noirs, and cop and crime movies. Many American comedies are as stupid as can be with their shallow slapstick humor. Comic book superheroes are all the rage now, but they are as stupid as it gets! Action movies of any kind turn me right off. They bore me to tears. Action and CGI are both used to fill up space when the movie doesn't have anything truly important to say. I guess I prefer good dramas, good comedies, and good mysteries, including good time travel shows. The thing is that among all of those genres there are many bad ones, as there always have been.
After that list of things I don't like, and it's only a partial list, a person might think there is nothing I do like. I don't even go to theatres, and I haven't since about 1992 or so, yet I can list many good movies I've seen since then. Some were award winners and some were not.
I saw some of them on a streaming app that's free, called TUBI. You can get it from Google Play. I would say to start with Goya's Ghost, Princess Carriboo, The Crying Game, and Citizen X with Stephen Rea and Donald Sullivan (not Comrade X.) But there are many more very good ones and even a few more great ones on there, among the usual garbage. That is just one streaming service. I'm not going to list every film I've liked a lot. There are too many, and not everyone's taste is the same, but they are there if only you open your mind a little, and let go of that negativity that so many older people have embraced so strongly!
The world is a worse place by far, and the movies do reflect that, especially the horrible slide to the right wing that has gotten even worse since Trump began spewing nothing but hatred everywhere. But the constant repetition here of the obviously false claim that there are no more good movies is only making it worse! When it has already been said at least 4 or 5 times among 50 comments, why say it again?! That is most definately NOT helping. Why not instead tell people the names of GOOD movies here that they can watch?! That is SO VERY MUCH more helpful, and it will make you feel so much better than just griping will ! ! !
*Carol Reed was good at directing goldolas while maintaining tension with revolvers that held 14 bullets without reloading.*
The British weapons are superb and "miraculous "
@@eriscarmodossantosdefranca5528 The English are best at everything.
@@Jean-rg4sp Yup! Most especially movies! They were the first to make really good ones. When Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock went to the US they taught the Americans how to do it. Previous to that most American movies left an awful lot to be desired!
I only watched it because it came on my RUclips feed and I thought WTF. When I saw it starred Rex Harrison and was directed by Sir Carol Reed, I knew I had struck gold.
"Ve have nothing to fear - the Nation is behind ze Fuhrer"
"Yes, but how far behind?" lol
Bc everyone behind
I was waiting for Sherlock Holmes to pop in but clearly these brave people did not need him. ✌️ #FightBullies
1:30:00 - count his shots - his gun change from luger to revolver but still more than either can hold.
❤❤ ICH LIEBE DIESE FILME ACH, MEIN DAMEN UND HERREN
1:33:38 Even 25 shot revolvers run out of ammunition eventually.
1940 😮😮😮😮😮 how bold !
Brilliant stuff and all the good German's would enjoy this film too.
Raymond Hutley playing a German unbelievable
What a great movie. And made right when the war started 1940. Great characters and actors.
You mean the outcome of WW2 was unknown.... incredible
@@Rob-yk1jw Yes. That is true of many of the WW2 films! That is very surprising when you think about it! Public morale was a real concern at the time, so films were made to help keep morale up, which wasn't easy to do when English cities were being carpet bombed, and it seemed like the British Commonwealth was alone in fighting Hitler for so long! Without help from the other Commonwealth Countries the British would have been doomed, and most of us would be speaking German today.
It can not be possible for me to Express my feelings, emotions such a Superb Story and it will remain in my mind till my death ❤
Amazing film with current looking subject for this film to com out in 1940. On March 15, 1939, Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia in the rump Czecho-Slovak state, in flagrant violation of the Munich Pact.
Trois des acteurs de ce film très très bon jouaient dans ”The Lady Vanished” d’ Hitchcock, 1938. Les deux anglais Basil Radford et Naunton Wayne qui sauvent l’espion anglais déguisé en nazi . Ils sont absolument géniaux !!! Et la jolie Margaret Lockwood ”of course”
Margaret is always beautiful and a great actor, and Wayne and Radford are always so funny. I've seen Radford and Wayne together in at least 3 other films, but this is my favorite performance by them, because it's the longest one I've seen. They usually only have very short blurbs, with only a few lines each. They're usually exactly the same people too, team sports fans who squabble together about it.
The English really knew how to lighten up a film with comic relief. It was intelligent comedy that didn't insult the audience. They used odd characters that were almost believable. Many of that type of people were used over and over in short roles where their character was pretty much the same, and it was like seeing an old friend, after not seeing them for several years. They would give you a tiny burst of joy!
Some went on to become quite famous for their characters in those small roles, so the roles eventually got longer and the parts got more important. One actress that comes to mind for that is a Kathleen Something, who almost always played a dumb woman with a loud voice in her earlier roles. She played a dumb middle aged servant, or wife, or shopkeeper type role, with dark hair and a generally likeable personality. She is one of those whose roles became longer and more important, so the dumbness was usually fazed out in the later roles, at least partially. She ended up starring or costarring in quite a few movies. I'm sure that people who have seen a lot of old British movies will know her when they see her, even if my poor description doesn't describe her very well.
Interesting dialogue straight out of the movie 1:11:12 to 1:11:23 ~ Paul Henreid: "Stay in England perhaps" ~ Rex Harrison: "I doubt it's a corrupt country"
~ Paul Henreid: "A corrupt country" ~ Rex Harrison: "Controlled by international Freemasons and the Jew Churchill"
56:34
- ‘…traitor?’
- ‘…hardly, he played for the Gentlemen.’
- ‘…only once!’
The editor is credited as the "cutter," which, with film, was quite accurate.
Great movie thank you.
Wonderful n catchy....👌👍thanks for sharing this
Guns are our friends
They saved the day
Preceding the war on the night of 3 Sept 1939??Germany invaded Poland on 1 Sept 1939...did this film accidently predict the start of WW2?
The director did
Almost everybody new...
Almost every body KNEW....where you from? Fetishes? Sex? Gender?
There was no conjecture on 'if' a war started' it was 'when will it start'.
A thoroughly enjoyable adventure. Rex Harrison wore those
German uniforms rather splendidly I thought.
Those two silly Englishmen🤣In the end, though, they showed bulldog courage, and all was well.
Thanks for the upload.
BRILLIANT - BRILLIANT ♥♥♥♥
Certainly fun to watch!
Excellent!
The two English gentlemen on the train were also in The Lady Vanishes.
Rex reloaded his pistol fast in the gun fight at the end.
I just love these old uk war movies 💕💕✊🏻✊🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇮🇱
Wow! How many bullets were in those pistols at the end??? 😂
Always remember this film for the exchange between Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne on the subject of Mein Kampf:
Radford: "I understand they give [Mein Kampf] to newly married couples."
Wayne: "Oh, I don't think it's that kind of a book, old man."
Dang lucky the pursuit car got a flat! The soldier changed the tire in 2 minutes! Adds mightily to the suspense! Cool movie!
This is a very entertaining movie, esp as made before the US entered the war.
USA was attacked by Japan. And Germany declared war on USA. So the USA did not enter the war. They were dragged into it
Quite late USA Enter the war. Shame on USA
The actual footage is both valuable and fascinating, and we should remember that this film was made when the war was very new and still continuing. 1940 - the year it was made - was a horrific year for the Allies, and GB in particular.
absolutely lovely film good propanganda for what was coming. Margaret Lockwood such a lovely actress and Rex Harrison really good and the two engiish gentlemen really a laugh, nice film a classic!
I thought the two British men & their humor was kind of out of place. It was like a plot within the main plot, and didn’t add much to the story.
Excellent
The lady vanishes and Where eagles dare
The best movie I watched in a long time.
How many bullets?
25...😅
excellent
The man the legend Victor Lazlo 9:19
Quite the revolver, must have shot 50+ times without reloading. 🤓
Yeah, I noticed that
3:02 sounds convincingly like Hitler. Was this nicked from original footage or just dubbed?
Great movie ... not so great resolution.
My grandad is the boy who brings in the flowers
Where Eagles Dare stole the final scene!
😂 the Porter asked if they wanted tea substitute or coffee substitute!
😢 I thank God 🙏 I never see the name Hudson on the list of character or producers who of Hollywood damned movies.
Not a bad movie. Probably a more effective novella. But very enjoyable nevertheless.
That was a surprise, seeing Irene Handel at 57:25.
The similarities between this film and ‘The Lady Vanishes’ go beyond the three primary actors of Lockwood, Radford, and Wayne, as well as the screenplay of both movies being written by Sidney Gilliatt & Frank Launder. Note the use of miniature sets - both movies open with the exact same shot: A zoom in on a miniature bldg which fades to a zoom in through the window of an actual sound stage set. One thing that’s always bothered me about this movie is the curious omission of Radford & Wayne from the very last scene where all our heroes have made it across the tram to safety. Charters & Caldicot are suddenly nowhere to be seen. An unfortunate gap in continuity at this key moment.
The art direction, sets, sound recording, and musical direction were all done by the same respective people for both movies, too.
1997-2010 🎉 I lived 400m from the French border in Switzerland ~ the Café on the French side had WW II photos on its wall, of the Nazis guarding the border below its steps! And the roads were blocked by those huge welded "jacks" made from lengths of railroad ties.
excellent film about the beginning of WW11,, rex harrison superb, paul henried as the german spy,,loved charters and caldicott added tension and fit the story well,, watched this a number of times,,noever gets old.
Ahhhhhhh. Film starts with a madman. Banging tables. The mass murderer.
AWESOME MOVIE !!!!!
En español latino por favor, gracias
I took the night train to Moscow. Interesting trip
Paul Henreid playing a superficially similar character to his role in Casablanca(1942)….except his allegiances in this film are malign and deceptive…..
Cool movie 😎