Word: cad
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cad, said the lawyer, was Enrico de Boccard, a writer for Rome's weekly Meridiano d'ltalia, who had reviewed Gina's picture, Achtung Banditi (Beware of Bandits). Wrote De Boccard: "The only thing of any continuity [in the picture] consists of [Gina's] breasts . . . Those breasts, which appear ... to be rather praiseworthy, are presented in all possible ways, in long shots, medium shots, close-up and very closeup, and to give them particular prominence, they have been subjected to a perpetual trembling and wavering . . ." In his agitation, De Boccard failed to mention that Gina...
...whole dreadful business comes to an epic climax in another fine scene in which cad Boone and bounder Peter Lawford fight it out with bullwhips, while on a crag high above them, the bush bobby stands like an ibex and dispassionately sees that justice is done...
destructive cad...
...sleuth, on the theory that the "social solidarity" of the more than 1,000,000 set owners who do pay the tax would bring the 150,000 recalcitrants into line. Said a spokesman: "After all, a chap who doesn't pay is a bit of a cad...
...most part, Director Gottfried Reinhardt keeps his film from bogging down in sentimentality. He gets expert help from his cast: as the heiress, Dorothy McGuire manages a nice mixture of frailty and charm; Van Johnson is surprisingly believable as the cad who falls in with a plot only to fall in love with his wife...