A classic thriller from England that's rarely seen but beloved by those who are lucky enough to come across it. Siblings Jean Simmons and David Tomlinson check into a hotel in Paris during the 1891 Exposition. Tomlinson promptly disappears. The hotel staff agrees that Tomlinson never existed and suggests that Simmons is crazy. Co-directed by Antony Darnborough and future Hammer auteur Terence Fisher, the film grows more and more sinister with each turn as Simmons desperately tries to convince SOMEONE that her brother did exist. Serendipidously, fellow Brit Dirk Bogarde is around and believes her (and has even met Tomlinson). Featuring some terrific acting (particularly by Simmons, just 21 and only two years after playing Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet). Simmons and Bogarde have a lot of chemistry. Tomlinson is suitably uptight though not as tightly wound as he would be in his later Disney films. Felix Aylmer is a sympathetic British Consul and a very young Honor Blackman plays Bogarde's would-be girlfriend. Cathleen Nesbitt is the deceptively helpful Madame Herve. The conclusion is quite shocking.
Review of So Long at the Fair
