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Recommended No Orchids For Miss Blandish

St. John Legh Clowes, 1948

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Any film described by the Monthly Film Bulletin as "the most sickening exhibition of brutality, perversion, sex and sadism ever to be shown on a cinema screen" has to be worth a look. Although this British gangster film has been forgotten over the years, No Orchids For Miss Blandish caused a scandal in 1948, and was banned across much of the country. Linden Travers, who plays an heiress kidnapped in a scheme that goes horribly wrong, later declared that this was her favourite film in which she starred, although its notoriety probably helped kill her career. So, fifty years later, is its disreputable reputation deserved?
It's certainly a violent picture for its time, and may surprise viewers whose impression of 1940s British Cinema is dictated by the accepted classics of the era. Jack La Rue is very good as a gangster who falls for his captive, and though Harold Wilson famously stated that there would be "no Oscars for Miss Blandish", it remains a highly entertaining piece of pulp cinema.

Alex Davidson on 15th July 2006

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Film Details

Director

St. John Legh Clowes

Year

1948

Country

UK

Cast

Linden Travers, Jack La Rue

Technical Details

Certificate

U

Length

98 mins

Label

SMPLY

Format

DVD Colour

Region

2

Cat No

123264

Main Language

ENGLISH

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