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Stiff Upper Lips
- Director: Gary Sinyor
- Writer: Stephen Deitch; Paul Simpkin
- Producer: Bobby Bedi; Jeremy Bolt
CGiii Comment
What a strange little film...this is a Merchant/Ivory spoof - done pretty well.
A few scenes are a little heavy-handed...but, it is an intelligent and fresh approach to a notoriously difficult genre...and, they do pull it off.
Funny - without a doubt.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Young upper-class fellow Edward arrives with his friend Cedric at the family manse, Ivory Hall. He plans to pair off Cedric with his sister Emily. Emily, on the other hand, falls in love with a son of local peasant, George. Old Aunt Agnes sends all the bunch off, first to Italy and then to India, so Emily would forget George, who is an undesirable partner for her because of class differences, and choose Cedric.
Cast & Characters
Peter Ustinov as Horace;
Prunella Scales as Aunt Agnes;
Georgina Cates as Emily;
Samuel West as Edward;
Robert Portal as Cedric;
Sean Pertwee as George;
Frank Finlay as Hudson Junior;
Brian Glover as Eric;
David Artus as Hurdler;
Kevin Furlong as Hurdler;
Nicholas Selby as Don 1;
John Boswell as Don 2;
Jon Croft as Station Master;
Charles Simon as Hudson Senior;
Anna Livia Ryan as Rosie