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Glorious 39
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The story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional way of life. The eldest sibling Anne is a budding young actress who is in love with Foreign Office official Lawrence, but her seemingly perfect life begins to dramatically unravel when.
The story revolves around the formidable Keyes family, who are keen to uphold and preserve their very traditional way of life. The eldest sibling Anne is a budding young actress who is in love with Foreign Office official Lawrence, but her seemingly perfect life begins to dramatically unravel when.
Actors:
Nicholas Blane,
Angela Terence,
Jane Fowler,
Ryan Kiggell,
Asier Newman,
Katharine Burford,
David Tennant
Nicholas Blane
Angela Terence
Jane Fowler
Ryan Kiggell
Asier Newman
28 July 1980
Katharine Burford
David Tennant
18 April 1971, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Director:
Stephen Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff
1 December 1952, Holland Park, Kensington, London, England, UK
Country:
United Kingdom
Keywords:
#BBC Films #Eddie Redmayne #Glorious 39 #Juno Temple #Romola Garai #Screen East Content Investment Fund #Stephen Poliakoff #UK Film Council
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November 20, 2009
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November 20, 2009
For all its sumptuous production design, Steven Poliakoff's tale of glamorous toffs and treason is so laboured and slow that it's practically pensionable.
November 27, 2009
An enjoyable conspiracy thriller in the manner of John Frankenheimer's Seven Days in May.
November 20, 2009
Unfortunately, Stephen Poliakoff's tale of wartime skulduggery should have stayed on paper. The sort you can flush. Tedious, overlong and laughably unconvincing, the only remarkable thing about it is Bill Nighy's performance. Specifically, how bad it is.
November 27, 2009
Not glorious. Not good. Just plain old-fashioned duff.
November 20, 2009
Poliakoff's flaccid script and indulgent cut undermines a beautifully shot thriller with an excellent cast and original central idea.
November 20, 2009
A political yarn - sometimes creepy, sometimes daft - in the Hitchcockian vein.
November 20, 2009
A ripping, old-school conspiracy thriller.
November 27, 2009
Prestigious and serious-minded, but it's still nonsense.
November 20, 2009
A bizarrely tasteless pet-euthanasia subplot -- clumsy parallels with the Holocaust abound -- is merely the wackiest turn the wildly unconvincing script takes: it's well below Poliakoff's more intelligent TV work.
February 14, 2011
Despite a few convincing turns, the feature is disappointingly winded, eventually going off on a few needless tangents that derail the whole production.
November 20, 2009
Stupendous turn from Romola Garai in the lead role but, while this sets up intrigue and atmosphere well, the plot devices creak audibly towards the end.