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Lamp in Assassin Mews

1962-01-01 Comedy 1hr 5m

To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.

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To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.

  • Released
    1962-01-01
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  • Runtime
    1hr 5m
  • Genre
    Comedy
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
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Godfrey Grayson
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Cast

Francis Matthews

Francis Matthews
Jack
Lisa Daniely

Lisa Daniely
Mary Clarke
Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming
Albert Potts
Amy Dalby

Amy Dalby
Victoria Potts

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-02-11

This really only works as a piece of nostalgia, nowadays - but it has a gentle charm to it that illustrates a semblance of community spirit ... read more

This really only works as a piece of nostalgia, nowadays - but it has a gentle charm to it that illustrates a semblance of community spirit (and mischievous bloody-mindedness) that just about keeps it watchable for an hour. It all centres around a local campaign to save the one remaining gas lamp in a small community. This lamp requires the services of a full-time lamp-lighter and the council have decreed that electric lighting is cheaper and more efficient. Councillor "Jack" (Francis Matthews) is the principal driver of this change and when he infiltrates a protest meeting he falls for "Lisa" (Mary Clarke) and perhaps romance can blossom - despite the fact that they are on different sides of the argument? Meantime, this proposed change is all very much to the chagrin of the "Potts" siblings (Ian Fleming and Amy Dalby) who have a bit of history when to comes to dealing with unwelcome problems - and Hoover salesmen. Poor "Jack" is now on their radar, and things look pretty perilous for him. There is a fun and well written dynamic between the "Potts" but they don't have quite enough screen time to sustain the rest of the mediocre acting and a really rather flat effort from Miss Clarke. I did rather enjoy the ending, though, and it's still worth watch.

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A Review by CinemaSerf

This really only works as a piece of nostalgia, nowadays - but it has a gentle charm to it that illustrates a semblance of community spirit (and mischievous bloody-mindedness) that just about keeps it watchable for an hour. It all centres a...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-02-11

This really only works as a piece of nostalgia, nowadays - but it has a gentle charm to it that illustrates a semblance of community spirit (and mischievous bloody-mindedness) that just about keeps it...

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