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Hard To Find Films
Films From the Silent era and up that you can't find anywhere else!
ALL NIGHT LONG Patrick McGoohan Jazz Romp 1962
Shakespeare's Othello is given the hepcat jazz treatment in this little
seen British film from 1961, and it provides an unusual viewing
experience if nothing else. In fact, it's not a bad little film,
although it is chiefly remembered for its Jazz musician cast who spend
the entire film jamming away in the background as the drama unfolds at
an all-night party held beneath thunderous skies by upper-class jazz
buff Rod Hamilton (Richard Attenborough) in a converted Docklands
warehouse long before the yuppies moved in.
The party thrown by Hamilton is to celebrate the first wedding
anniversary of bandleader Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris) to Delia Lane
(Dietrich protégé Marti Stevens in a rare film role), a top jazz singer
who has retired from performing at her husband's request. Other guests
at the party include Cass (Captain Beaky himself, Keith Michell) the
married couple's close friend and manager, and Johnny Cousin (Patrick
McGoohan) a talented drummer who is planning to draw Delia out of
retirement in a new band he is putting together. Undeterred by Delia's
refusal, Johnny sets about manipulating the various other members of
the cast in order to get his way.
Musicians aside, this is easily McGoohan's film; sporting an American
accent and a wicked gleam in his eye, he broods and schemes and tries
to inveigle himself into everybody's good graces as he searches for the
softest part of their back in which to stick his knife. His
machiavellian plotting stretches credibility a little, and it's
difficult to believe that people wouldn't see through his scheme sooner
than they actually do, but McGoohan holds it all together masterfully.
Then, when his plot is uncovered and all his plans lie in tatters, he
delivers a blistering finale in a scene that, had the rest of the movie
reached the same heights, would have marked the entire thing as a
classic. Perhaps the film's main drawback -- apart from the sometimes
quaintly dated dialogue -- is lead actress Marti Stevens; while she
gives a respectable performance, she just doesn't convince as the kind
of temptress to fire the desires of so many men. She's a pretty enough
woman but she doesn't possess the high level of sex appeal required to
make the passions aroused believable.
One other aspect that sets this film apart from others of its era is
its laid-back attitude toward topics that were still largely considered
to be taboo in the early 60s. There are two mixed-race relationships
that are not remarked upon throughout the film, and a couple of
characters are seen smoking spliffs (which look like cigarillos for
some reason). This one is a curiosity to be sure, but it's worth
checking out, especially if you are a jazz aficionado.
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