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Written by James M. Tate / 6/24/2025 / No comments / adam faith , british neo noir , british new wave , carol white , crime , cult , david gregory , david lodge , elizabeth sellars , john guillermin , peter sellers , revenge , richard todd , teddy boys , thriller

PETER SELLERS GETS COMPLETELY VICIOUS FOR 'NEVER LET GO'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ25rr2pF2qJtlCIQVTUScOKR4NHlt0dJXzRnFWw_iMDJMApT9Iy619nMrAsX8LmmTZPclzVX9Tm8q7LYTSlZQVl74khQYzKNpCBv0Sk-ho5u-t6En76jk9O842R87u_Ec-tjDa94e1rjwsY6X07wO_u6FKF-127WIB7mVAKq4gyZPn04HrEzRw6yvUr4g/s1570/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-21%20at%208.17.30%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ25rr2pF2qJtlCIQVTUScOKR4NHlt0dJXzRnFWw_iMDJMApT9Iy619nMrAsX8LmmTZPclzVX9Tm8q7LYTSlZQVl74khQYzKNpCBv0Sk-ho5u-t6En76jk9O842R87u_Ec-tjDa94e1rjwsY6X07wO_u6FKF-127WIB7mVAKq4gyZPn04HrEzRw6yvUr4g/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-06-21%20at%208.17.30%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">David Lodge and Peter Sellers in NEVER LET GO Year: 1960 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>A British Neo Noir cross between DEATH OF A SALESMAN before and DEATH WISH after, John Guillermin made NEVER LET GO the same year as THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND, only a car's worth much less than an entire country's bullion vault... But don't tell that to desperate cosmetics salesman Richard Todd, whose old fashioned, pseudo-charming client-pressuring style goes against the company's new-fangled scientific methods...

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PETER SELLERS GETS COMPLETELY VICIOUS FOR 'NEVER LET GO'

David Lodge and Peter Sellers in NEVER LET GO Year: 1960 Rating: **** A British Neo Noir cross between DEATH OF A SALESMAN before and DEATH ...

STANLEY BAKER IN CY ENDFIELD'S AIRLINE DISASTER 'JET STORM'

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STANLEY BAKER IN CY ENDFIELD'S AIRLINE DISASTER 'JET STORM'

Stanley Baker in JET STORM Year: 1959 Rating: ***1/2 The Pink Floyd lyric "Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way" cou...

PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

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In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolutionaries to knock off the titular 
location, and the best moments occur in the planning stages as the giant Yank learns the innards of the immense, seemingly impenetrable bank-fortress from a personal tour by Peter O'Toole, playing an extremely nice lieutenant of the bank's troop of marching guards... 
 
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O'Toole's not the main star but has a genuine arc: his affable persona, giving away any 
and all secrets to an all-ears thief feigning style and class, sharpens as he begins to catch on during the crest of the second act, intensifying into a 
more familiar, edgy and intense character for O'Toole to embrace (and that he'd play later on). 
 
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Meanwhile, the
 pace slows during a filler romance between Ray and the only female plotter, and the 
most time's spent during the usual digging of the tunnel — the kind you 
mostly see in prison films breaking out while here they're attempting 
to break in: And the cast also includes veteran actor Albert Sharpe as a sewer dwelling bum that unknowingly provided the groundwork; Kieron Moore as the mouthiest and youngest Irishman, a thankless role and the only antagonist of sorts; and Elizabeth Sellers as the pouty (and much too old) ingenue in this semi-obscure gem directed by John Guillermin, and that famously laid the 
groundwork for O'Toole's career: After viewing one scene, David Lean knew he had his LAWRENCE OF ARABIA despite the dark features and a
 straight, hawkish nose that would soon be altered.

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PETER O'TOOLE IN 'THE DAY THEY ROBBED THE BANK OF ENGLAND'

Year: 1960 In this classy, turn of the Century-set British heist film, Aldo Ray plays an American joining with would-be Irish Revolution...

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