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Rating: 6 stars

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London England singer sixties all in one night black and white musician paparazzi

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Play It Cool (1962)

Directed by Michael Winner

Comedy | Music

Overview

A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.

Length 82 minutes

Actors

Billy Fury | Michael Anderson Jr. | Dennis Price | Richard Wattis | Anna Palk | Maurice Kaufmann | Ray Brooks | Jeremy Bulloch | Keith Hamshere | Peter Barkworth | Max Bacon | Monte Landis | Felicity Young | Bernie Winters | Helen Shapiro | Bobby Vee | Alvin Stardust | Lionel Blair | Marianne Stone | Hugh Lloyd | William Marlowe | Jeremy Lloyd | Suzanne Neve | Frederick Jaeger | Tom Adams | Jill Carson | Victor Brooks | Harry Locke | David Hemmings

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Hello, Babyface Boba Fett!

I recognized Jeremy Bulloch and it’s wild to see him in a role like this with a lot of onscreen time. Would’ve been very unlikely at the time but I wish I had seen this before I met him at one of the conventions because I totally would’ve asked him about this role. And even tho I got his signature on a classic Boba Fett image I would’ve been like, “so do you have any stills from PLAY IT COOL that you sign for me??” as a joke, ofc.

Anyways, I love these kinds of movies where a group of young people bounce from place to place all in one night and get to hear / see some great singers / musicians. I’m sure this isn’t the first “all in one night” movie but certainly one the early examples. I dig it lots.

It’s amusing that Michael Winner directed this then went on to direct a lot of crazy genre films throughout the seventies and eighties. Love him even more.

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