Word: boxes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WRONG BOX. Directed by Bryan Forbes (King Rat), this black but buoyant British comedy features Michael Caine, Nanette Newman, Ralph Richardson, John Mills and Peter Sellers as a group of improper Victorians scrambling after love or money in the gaslight...
...play God across the board, however," he adds, "and have always served Catholic organizations well." His reward: one box of cigars from Winston Churchill, 600 thank-you plaques, 200 City of Hope "torches," honorary membership in 188 synagogues and in the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to say nothing of the nourishment from three or four thousand kosher dinners...
...WRONG BOX. Directed by Bryan Forbes (King Rat), this black but buoyant British comedy features Michael Caine, Nanette Newman, Ralph Richardson, John Mills and Peter Sellers as a group of improper Victorians scrambling after love or money in the gaslight...
...does everything wrong. He stands so far back in the batter's box that he cannot possibly reach a curve before it breaks. He holds the bat at the very end, actually gripping the knob on the handle with the fingers of his right hand. He hardly ever gets a base on balls because he swings at practically everything; and he does not bother to study opposing pitchers, or even learn their names. "You never hit the pitcher," he shrugs, "just the pitch." Batting is all a matter of luck anyway. "You no lucky, you get no hits...
...steals the show as a loyal family retainer so pickled in alcohol that-whatever the charge-he is ready to swear the butler did it. The vogue for sick screen comedy has obviously fallen into capable hands. Softened by the ruddy glow of the gaslight era, Wrong Box makes graveside humor...