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Left Right and Centre

  • 1959
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Left Right and Centre (1959)
ComedyRomance

At the Earndale by-election, natural history expert and TV personality Robert Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists - amate... Read allAt the Earndale by-election, natural history expert and TV personality Robert Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists - amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against... Read allAt the Earndale by-election, natural history expert and TV personality Robert Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists - amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.

  • Director
    • Sidney Gilliat
  • Writers
    • Sidney Gilliat
    • Val Valentine
  • Stars
    • Patricia Bredin
    • Eric Barker
    • Jack Hedley
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    439
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sidney Gilliat
    • Writers
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Val Valentine
    • Stars
      • Patricia Bredin
      • Eric Barker
      • Jack Hedley
    • 9User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Top Cast74

    Patricia Bredin
    • Left - Stella Stoker
    Eric Barker
    Eric Barker
    • Left - Bert Glimmer
    Jack Hedley
    Jack Hedley
    • Left - Bill Hemingway
    Leslie Dwyer
    Leslie Dwyer
    • Left - Alf Stoker
    Russell Waters
    • Left - Mr. Bray
    Hattie Jacques
    Hattie Jacques
    • Left - Woman in Car
    Ian Carmichael
    Ian Carmichael
    • Right - Robert Wilcot
    Richard Wattis
    Richard Wattis
    • Right - Harding-Pratt
    Moyra Fraser
    Moyra Fraser
    • Right - Annabel
    William Kendall
    William Kendall
    • Right - Pottle
    George Benson
    • Right - Egerton
    Anthony Sharp
    Anthony Sharp
    • Right - Peterson
    Moultrie Kelsall
    Moultrie Kelsall
    • Right - Grimsby Armfield
    Olwen Brookes
    • Right - Mrs. Samson
    Alastair Sim
    Alastair Sim
    • Centre - Lord Wilcot
    Gordon Harker
    Gordon Harker
    • Centre - Hardy
    John Salew
    John Salew
    • Centre - Mayor
    Bill Shine
    Bill Shine
    • Centre - Basingstoke
    • Director
      • Sidney Gilliat
    • Writers
      • Sidney Gilliat
      • Val Valentine
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    • Trivia
      Last film of Gordon Harker. He was reunited for it with Alastair Sim, his co-star in the "Inspector Hornleigh" films of some twenty years earlier.
    • Quotes
      • Centre - Lord Wilcot: We are all governed by dead ideas but, when it comes to political programmes, an idea has not merely to be dead but to have lost all meaning before it has any chance of being adopted with real enthusiasm.
    • Crazy credits
      After opening credits ... "A PLAGUE O' BOTH YOUR HOUSES" - Shakespeare
    • Connections
      Features Tom Thumb (1958)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 18, 1960 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Wahlk(r)ampf
    • Filming locations
      • Ham House, Richmond, Surrey, England, UK(Lord Wilcot's mansion)
    • Production companies
      • British Lion Film Corporation
      • Vale Film Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 35m(95 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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