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Strictly Confidential (1959)
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ComedyPlot:
Two con-men are released from prison, but get straight back up to their old tricks. | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Complete credited cast) | Richard Murdoch | ... | Cmdr. Bissham-Ryley |
| William Kendall | ... | Major Rory McQuarry |
| Maya Koumani | ... | Maxine Millard |
| Neil Hallett | ... | Basil Wantage |
| Bruce Seton | ... | Inspector Shearing |
| Ellis Irving | ... | Captain Sharples |
| Larry Burns | ... | Barman |
| Llewellyn Rees | ... | Mellinger |
| William Hartnell | ... | Grimshaw |
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62 minCountry:
UKLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
UK:UFilming Locations:
Twickenham Film Studios, St Margarets, Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UKMOVIEmeter: 
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'Strictly Confidential' is a short, low-budget 1950s British comedy which does not aspire to sophistication. 'Major' McQuarry (William Kendall) and 'Commander' Binham-Ryley (Richard Murdoch) are a pair of would-be genteel confidence tricksters, recently released from prison. It is their good fortune to encounter Maxine Millard, an attractive young widow, who offers them work as joint managing directors of Grannies Globules Ltd, manufacturers of 'The perfect pills for stomach ills'. They are obviously unfit for their posts, but Maxine has her own devious financial motives for undermining the firm of which she is chairman.
Kendall and Murdoch are competent comic actors and their double-act just about keeps the film afloat. They wear bowler hats and carry umbrellas. The Major laces his speech with military jargon, the Commander laces his with naval jargon. They try to conceal the fact that they are penniless. William Hartnell, the 'Guest Star', acts as their principal foil.
Otherwise there is not much to be said. The plot is perfunctory and bears no relation to the realities of company law. The title has no particular relevance. Maya Koumani is (unintentionally) laughable as the villainess. In short, 'Strictly Confidential' comes across as a passable early television sitcom padded out to fill an hour.