The Crowning Touch is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt.[1] It was written by Margot Bennett.
Plot
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.
Cast
- Ted Ray as Bert
- Greta Gynt as Rosie
- Griffith Jones as Mark
- Sydney Tafler as Joe
- Dermot Walsh as Aubrey Drake
- Maureen Connell as Julia
- Colin Gordon as Stacey
- Irene Handl as Bebe
- Allan Cuthbertson as Philip
- Diane Hart as Tess
- Joan Benham as Daphne
- Maurice Kaufmann as David
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This quartet of magazine stories is smoothly linked by a generally amusing and entertaining script, while the production's acting and technical qualities are passably good."[2]
Allmovie called the film "a serviceable British shaggy-dog story, graced by the presence of such top talents as Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh and Irene Handl."[3]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "passes the time agreeably; nothing special."[4]
TV Guide called it an "okay English comedy ... A number of distinguished performers lift this one above the average."[5]
References
- ^ "The Crowning Touch". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
- ^ "The Crowning Touch". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 105. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "The Crowning Touch (1959) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 296. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
- ^ "The Crowning Touch Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2014.