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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 440044" data-attributes="member: 8">Today I was in the mood for something cosy and not too challenging, and I&#039;m using my last Netflix days to watch euro stuff presented by the StudioCanal.Stolen Assignment (1955)[ATTACH=full]59040[/ATTACH]I&#039;m afraid it&#039;s not going to be remembered for a long time but it did exactly what I needed this afternoon. The style is elegant, humorous, vibrant (one actor being a little too vibrant) and it&#039;s all just enough to keep the lightweight murder mystery going. Nevertheless, a mystery is a mystery and you want to know.Apparently, the newspaper writer/detective duo had done it before in Final Appointment&nbsp;&nbsp; from 1954.Please Turn Over (1959)[ATTACH=full]59039[/ATTACH]Pour l&#039;amour de Mike! It&#039;s Carry On Peyton Place. The short description did suggest a PP knockoff, obviously the reason why I watched it, but not the style - and the thumbnail is just a black and white image of two actors. I honestly didn&#039;t suspect anything (perhaps I should have paid closer attention to the title, the exclamation mark is often a red flag).Some aspects of the film look old-fashionedly stagy but when it&#039;s funny it&#039;s very funny.The revealing novel written by the story&#039;s young heroine Jo Halliday is mostly about versions of her parents rather than the town&#039;s folk, and I think there&#039;s something obscene about a girl viewing her own parents in this particularly raunchy way. The film itself doesn&#039;t seem to be aware of it and I&#039;m sure it&#039;s better that way.There&#039;s one physical comedy scene (or two, because it&#039;s repeated) that looks very pre-Naked Gun.It&#039;s a parody of the distressed heroine running hysterically into the forest, her clothes torn, face scruffy, her hair a (semi-)mess.Actress Jean Kent has her best moment when she becomes Simone Signoret. Lying on the couch she huskily tells her lover that she wants a cigarette.It ends in a traditionally romantic fashion with one more joke saved for the very last moment. It&#039;s a &quot;laugh or I&#039;ll shoot&quot; joke, but, oh well.Edit: something went wrong with the images. Speaking of which, that cover art of the Network DVD is extremely spoilery.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 440044, member: 8"] Today I was in the mood for something cosy and not too challenging, and I'm using my last Netflix days to watch euro stuff presented by the StudioCanal. Stolen Assignment (1955) [ATTACH type="full"]59040[/ATTACH] I'm afraid it's not going to be remembered for a long time but it did exactly what I needed this afternoon. The style is elegant, humorous, vibrant (one actor being a little too vibrant) and it's all just enough to keep the lightweight murder mystery going. Nevertheless, a mystery is a mystery and you want to [I]know[/I]. Apparently, the newspaper writer/detective duo had done it before in [I]Final Appointment[/I] from 1954. Please Turn Over (1959) [ATTACH type="full" alt="1778956159837.png"]59039[/ATTACH] Pour l'amour de Mike! It's Carry On Peyton Place. The short description did suggest a PP knockoff, obviously the reason why I watched it, but not the style - and the thumbnail is just a black and white image of two actors. I honestly didn't suspect anything [SIZE=3](perhaps I should have paid closer attention to the title, the exclamation mark is often a red flag).[/SIZE] Some aspects of the film look old-fashionedly stagy but when it's funny it's very funny. The revealing novel written by the story's young heroine Jo Halliday is mostly about versions of her parents rather than the town's folk, and I think there's something obscene about a girl viewing her own parents in this particularly raunchy way. The film itself doesn't seem to be aware of it and I'm sure it's better that way. There's one physical comedy scene (or two, because it's repeated) that looks very pre-Naked Gun. It's a parody of the distressed heroine running hysterically into the forest, her clothes torn, face scruffy, her hair a (semi-)mess. Actress Jean Kent has her best moment when she becomes Simone Signoret. Lying on the couch she huskily tells her lover that she wants a cigarette. It ends in a traditionally romantic fashion with one more joke saved for the very last moment. It's a "laugh or I'll shoot" joke, but, oh well. Edit: something went wrong with the images. Speaking of which, that cover art of the Network DVD is extremely spoilery. [/QUOTE]

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