Helter Skelter (1949)

Directed by

Ralph Thomas

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A radio celebrity gets tangled up with a rich heiress. Their relationship leads to a series of messy and hurried situations.

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What happens

Helter Skelter is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Carol Marsh, David Tomlinson and Mervyn Johns. It was written by Patrick Campbell. A radio star becomes involved with a wealthy heiress. The title is a common expression to describe a situation of "chaotic and disorderly haste". The recurring English comic characters Charters and Caldicott also appeared in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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