A British comedy; A story about two young couples who participate in the Vintage Car Rally, a yearly race from London to Brighton, who race competitively, trying every trick in the book of gamesmanship.
This charming British road movie is a delightful confection, which has a fresh feel, bristling sexual tension, and is accompanied by a wonderful Oscar-nominated score by harmonica player Larry Adler, and complete with some great sound design. The story begins slowly, and a bit too pedestrian on the road down, but it picks up after the first act with some good humour and a splendid routine with the vivacious Kay Kendal on trumpet, who elsewhere is very good at looking windswept and aghast at the inconvenience of the eccentric journey. There is great support from Joyce Grenfell as a wry hotel proprietress and Arthur Wontner as an elderly car fancier.
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