Advantages: Gentle comedy, great characters and actors, Ealing Comedy Disadvantages: Outdated for some
...a borough of London. Passport to Pimlico is one of the now classic comedies which came out of the Ealing Studios, during their prime in the 1940's and 1950's. This gentle comedy is set in the era, just after the Second World War, when rationing is still very much in operation. During a long hot summer, the discovery of an unexploded bomb eventually leads to an exciting discvery, which may lead the citizens of Pimlico to an apparent means of solving ... ...a set which was erected on a cleared bomb site in London.
This film has delightful characters and a wealth of those actors and actresses, who were my favourites during my childhood. It is filmed in black and white which certainly fits the time. The post war years were quite austere and houses and the environment of cities and towns tended to be rather grey. For younger viewers, the setting may seem a little strange. However for myself, and others ...
grafter123 28.11.2007 (29.11.2007)
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