Smashing Time Movie Review 1967

Abysmal British comedy was never widely released on this side of the Atlantic and it's easy to see why. The film follows two small-town girls--Brenda (Tushingham), who's mousy and bony, and Yvonne (Redgrave), who's loud and pushy--who come to London at the swinging '60s. Unfortunately, they are two of the most unattractive comic heroines ever to hit the screen, and apparently that's a choice the filmmakers made deliberately. Moreover, their accents are difficult to understand and their voices could blister an elephant's hide.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 96 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

George Melly

Cast

Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle, Irene Handl, Ian Carmichael

Cinematography

Manny Wynn

Director

Desmond Davis

Music

John Addison