Hammersmith and Shepherds Bush Gazette from Hammersmith, London, England • 18

I I i Pape 16 GAZETTE AND POST 'Thursday, April 14, 1977 NO ON A ia A i I iro of th is AT THE of fm A loyrnf cl ea nilmFr Free. nvvgf ti hlh mteeh i eenEcsa, 1 A LUKEWARM British Sergean Wellbeloved (Ed- I i comedy set in Singapore in ward Woodward) the con- with Liz Pik the 19505, Stand Up scripts are more than a I Virgin Soldiers might little moved by the news probably BI have been more aptly that they must serve LIKE Sweeney, The titled The Confessions of a another six months. ip Squeeze is fast-moving, eru rth i ed tim to the But or all its isl Virgin Soldier. will. holidays.

ro slick and most of ail I Despite the diversion of The local whorehouse, gratifying the baddies, one i a oofptpnoertguonlidsgerroin, down ant i a a colonial war inex- The Golden Grape Club, and there are plenty of perienced British con- with its hostesses Juicy them, get their just I- scripts fighting jungle- Lucy and Elephant Ethel, IL -1, rewards. 1 based communists the makes army life more ,41 i Carol White stars as Jill, anyThaenifmilmal ilsovaenrusnaptrlrbaeputepmen.r. I film is less of a social comment and more of a bearable for Brigg and fellow sufferer Jacobs wife of a wealthy security firm chief. She is sexual frolic around the (George Layton) but their -t. 4, kidnapped, humiliated and tious account of the nurses homes and bordel- lot is truly improved when 4 A tormented by a band of bexettrwaoeeran'inaaryn old dlationship i los of Singapore.

they meet two gorgeous villains, prelude to a Robin Askwith, who nurses Valerie (Lynda London ga squeeze on and a rare and magnificen stars as 'virgin soldier' Bellingham) and 'Bernice Brigg is none other than (Pamela Stephenson). 4 her husbands firm. rib ria tiger, found only in Stacy Keach gives a the leading stud from r4r solid, credible performance A new commanding 'Confessions of a Driving 4 as Naboth, her drunken officer, Lt. Grainger (Robin Instructor'. Two of his first husband.

Nedwell) insists that the co-stars, Lynda Belling- But Freddie Starr shines virgin soldiers' see some ham and Irene Handl, also active service. out as one of the most starred in the epic 'Confes- iii remarkable perfomers. He A masterful piece of sions'. The film takes a serious eIA 7 plays a thick-skinned, entertainment, brilliantly Brigg is a Private in a but unconvincing turn as endearlingly comic petty directed by Martin Scar- motley crew with one Brigg and his fellows meet thief, forever at Naboth's sese, Moan Streets, thing in common merits the enemy head on, first in heels trying to get him starring Robert De hire more precisely, the lack the village then in the back on the road to and Harvey Keitel, has of them. jungle.

The recruits engage respectability. returned to the film circuit Having cocked a snook in a farcical pig hunt, when The Pink Panther with a vengeance. 4 and a two-fingered salute they, the hunters, become Robin Askwith finds a diversion from army rigours in Strikes Again is a at the army and awesome the massacred. "Stand Up Nazi variation on an old theme, De Niro, mercilessly but little has changed. acclaimed star of Taxi 1 Clouseau is the same Driver, is Johnny Boy, a NAZIS IN NORFOLK TO NAB THE P.M.bungling idiot he ever was, shoulder-shr gum ugging, gu- wearing the self-same chewing, crazy loafer who WHEN the Nazi SS heard the successful abduction Caine, was officially dis- Devlin, meanwhile innocuous raincoat and needs nobody, not even The Eagle Has Landed of Mussolini.

graced for sympathising keeps in constant radio furtive gaze. the Mafia. they knew that crack Radl, played by Robert with Polish civilians sub- contact with a motor Dentistry, laughing gas German paratroops were Duvall, recruits Liam Dev- jected to the brutality torpedo boat standing by. and the seduction of ON THE face of it. The just hours away from lin, a Nazi sympathiser and German guards.

Events take a sudden attractive agent Olga Last Tycoon with its snatching British prime member of the IRA He accepts the chal- and unforseen turn and the (Lesley-Anne Down) lead all-star cast and minister Winston Churchill (Donald Sutherland) and lenge and the paratroop- Germans' carefully pre- Clouseau to the destruc- catching Pinter from his Norfolk retreat by together they travel to a ers, disguised in Polish pared plans go awry before tion of his crazed enemy would seem destined the sea. channel island to enlist the tunics, drop onto the the paratroopers are even Dreyfus, and a happy if for success, but appear ances can be deceptive The daring scheme, help of disgraced parat- isolated Norfolk coastline. within sight of Churchill. traumatic ending. if k- piloted by Colonel Radl, rooper Colonel Kurt Stein- distinguished by his one er and his men.

eye and withered left had, Steiner, the hero of the is hatched just weeks after piece, played by Michael Local cinema guide subject This week to Next week from piers', This to i .4 After the success of the Miss London Drag Ball, I ra piesse Next A April 16 April 17 phone cinemas to April 18 phone ekternee to SUPERFLY PRODUCTIONS proudly present a check. Sifter Evening of glitter and glamour on: EALING ABC 1 King Kong Death intim HOUNSLOW ABC The Eagle Has Land" The Ea le Mai larded 41 557 1333 Sun Ix) Saturday, 11th June THE CORONET When the North EALING ABC 2 The Eagle Has When the North The Squeeze 111 Notting Hill Wind Blows Cul 567 1333 Larded la) Winid Blows Cu) THE QUEEN'S SILVER i I The Treasure 1, WESTBOURNE Matscombelul JUBILEE BALL EALING AOC 3 567 1333 When the North Wind Blows Cu) GROVE ODEON 229 3389 The Pink Panther Strikes Again Cu) Wind in dis Willows tut i The Treasure Hammersmith Town Hall EALING ODEON The Pink Panther Matecombe u) CHELSEA ODEON The Pink Panther LONDON, 6. 547 9675 Strikes Again lu) Wind in the 3511371 St ikes Again Cul vvisow Cul I ..4 KENSINGTON FANCY DRESS PARADE EALING STUDIO 1 Bugsy Malone lii ODEON 1 The Pink Panther THEME: "THE ELIZABETHAN ERA" IST PRICE £lOO 567 1075 Sea Unctuary lu) I 602 6644 Strikes A ain Cu) CABARET DISAPOINTER SISTERS, BUCHANAN AND FRIEL EALING STUDIO 2 Confessions of a KENSINGTON ODEON 2 Sexy Photographer x) Mean Streets x) 587 1075 602 6644 EXIUM BAND, RICHARD VAUGHAN DISCO Hungry for Sex NI 1 YELLOW BIRD DANCERS SHEPHERDS BUSH The Treasure of KENSINGTON ODEON 1 The Pink Panther Matecombe ul ODEON 3 Jabberwocky (al DRESS: TASTEFUL FANCY DRESS AND DRAG 749 1116 Strokes A ain lu) Wind in the 602 6644 Willows Cu) i 1. Chfkamstsu Tickets £3.50 Tickets: Entrance to Ball plus Silver Jubilee Champagne Buffet £12.50 For further information phone S) HE FI 2 RDS BUSH HAMMERSMITH ODEON 748 4081 King Kong (a) The Pink Panther Strikes Again Cu) The Eagle Has Landed (a) The Treasure of Matecombe Cul Wind in the Willows Cu) THE GATE NOTTING HILL 727 2651 FULHAM ROAD ABC 1 370 2636 Chikamatsu Mono atan (al (Crucified Airport 77 Munogatan (The Crucified Airport 77 In vs 1 NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS HAMMERSMITH 748 2388 The Eagle Has Landed la) Death in the Sun Ix) ABC 2 FULHAM ROAD 370 21136 Stand Up Vir in ld i ers I. Soldiers tand Up Vo ABC 1 I to in HAMMERSMITH FULHAM ROAD When North ABC 3 The Eagle Has 748 2388 can be purchased ABC 2 he The Wind Blows Cu) hi) 370 2636 Landed from our offi ces I HAMMERSMITH FULHAM ROAD 1 111111 ABC 3 Bamtn Ito ABC 4 370 2636 The Last Tycoon (a) 748 2388 ACTON AND EALING OPERATIC SOCIETY HAMMERSMITH The Devil's Men RICHMOND Th pink Pan Stnkes Again 7 The Prostitution ODEON 1 BROADWAY ABC King Kong la) Blood of the Racket 10 940 5759 (amateur, 748 6120 Vampire Ix) 25th ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION 'w I HOUNSLOW Treasure of RICHMOND Nill One Flew Over rarely performed original version Matecombe Cu)The Pink Panther ODEON 1 ODEON 2 the Cuckoo's 570 2096 the THE GIPSY BARON Wind in Willows Cu) Strikes Again (u) 940 5759 Nest 10 Johann Straus, HOUNSLOW RICHMOND ODEON 3 The Eagle Has Greenford Hall, Ruislip Road, Greenford, Middx.

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