Genevieve

1953

Action / Adventure / Comedy

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 86% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 75% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 3802 3.8K

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Plot summary

Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

Top cast

Geoffrey Keen as Policeman
Aileen Lewis as Lady in Nightclub
Kay Kendall as Rosalind Peters
Michael Balfour as Trumpeter
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746.34 MB
988*720
English 2.0
Approved
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 2
1.33 GB
1472*1072
English 2.0
Approved
24 fps
1 hr 26 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Very much in the spirit of the "Ealing

Very much in the spirit of the "Ealing Comedies", this is a simple and engaging story of two chaps - "Alan" (John Gregson) and "Ambrose" (Kenneth More) who bet each other the princely sum (in 1953) of £100 on which of their vintage cars can race the 50-odd miles from London to Brighton quickest. Dragging their reluctant partners "Wendy" (Dinah Sheridan) and "Rosalind" (Kay Kendall) along too, we embark of a fun series of escapades as they test the limits of their friendship, the patience of the police (a nice effort from Geoffrey Keen) and their respective engineering. The photography is colourful and the cars almost as temperamental as their increasingly competitive drivers. Kendall is probably the star for me - pushing a car from an huge puddle was definitely not what she signed up for; and the ending is quite literally neck-and-neck. There is plenty of light-hearted humour to be had, and Larry Adler has composed a suitably jolly score to accompany their automotive antics. All good fun!
Reviewed by big_alwain 8 / 10

An inspiration to veteran toy vehicle collectors

I first saw the film 'Genevieve' around 1969 - 1970 at home in glorious Black and white on black and white TV. Since then it has always stood out in my mind as one of the more memorable and enjoyable films from the 50's and 60's so common on TV at that time.

It's gentle comedy and heartening scenes of the English countryside along with the outstanding and unforgettable harmonic tones of Larry Adler's uplifting score make for such a rich and pleasing cinematic experience.

I have probably now seen the film more than five times and more recently in full colour, which makes it even more pleasing to the eye and enables one to see not only the main star 'Genevieve' but all the other incidental passing vehicles of the late forties and early fifties in their full livery and colour. Many of these vehicles would today be collectors items in their own right.

It would not be putting it too strongly to say that the film 'Genenieve' is a toy vehicle appreciators and collectors delight, as well as an inspiration for restorers of full size veteran vehicles.

Alan Wainwright

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