The Crowning Touch is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt.[1]

The Crowning Touch
Original British lobby card
Directed byDavid Eady
Written byMargot Bennett
Produced byJon Penington
StarringTed Ray
Greta Gynt
Griffith Jones
Dermot Walsh
Irene Handl
CinematographyErnest Palmer
Edited byJohn Pomeroy
Music byEdwin Astley
Production
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Crescent Films
Distributed byButcher's Film Service(UK)
Release date
  • June 1959 (1959-06)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This quartet of magazine stories is smoothly linked by a generally amusing and entertaining script, while the production's acting and technical qualities are passably good."[2]

Allmovie called the film "a serviceable British shaggy-dog story, graced by the presence of such top talents as Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh and Irene Handl."[3]

TV Guide called it an "okay English comedy ... A number of distinguished performers lift this one above the average."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The Crowning Touch". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. ^ "The Crowning Touch". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 105. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ "The Crowning Touch (1959) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
  4. ^ "The Crowning Touch Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
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