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...bodies of three kidnap victims--identified as writer Alec Collett, 64, and teachers Leigh Douglas, 34, and Philip Padfield, 40, all Britons--were dumped on a highway, each shot once in the head...
Directed by Alec Keshishian...
Many of the characters populating the life of Alec Guinness you probably never have heard of; some, like Bernard Shaw or Ernest Hemingway, you probably know too much about already. The strengths of this very pleasant book lie in its private perspective on the lives of the men and women we know only as images in films. It is fascinating to know, for example, that Ralph Richardson was obsessed with being mistaken for John Gielgud, and that he once without warning socked Guinness in the jaw. "Who can one hit," he shouted, "if not one's friends...
...this book will be a disappointment. He spends only a frustratingly short chapter discussing a film career which has lasted 40 years, and there are only a few paragraphs strewn throughout the book addressing the craft of his acting. If you really want to spend an evening with Sir Alec, you are better off renting The Lady Killers and Kind Hearts and Coronets for your...
...reveals that endearingly confused and noble visage as a confused and noble man. He never punched a photographer and he never ran for President; he just humbly played the roles he was suited to do. "Deep in his heart he hankers to be an artist of some sort," writes Alec Guinness of himself, "but he is only an actor...