The Kingfisher

The Kingfisher
by James Cellan Jones

The Kingfisher
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Actor: Cyril Cusack, Gary Owen, Rex Harrison, Wendy Hiller
Director: James Cellan Jones
Brand: Unknown
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 77 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-01-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bfs Entertainment

Movie Reviews of The Kingfisher

Movie Review: A true privilege
Summary: 5 Stars

For those of us who did not have the opportunity to see Rex Harrison in the theater, being able to watch him in this particular movie is truly a privilege. Anyone who appreciates good acting that can take a simple script to a higher level will enjoy The Kingfisher.

Summary of The Kingfisher

"A delightful flight of fancy." - New York Post

"Bewitching fun! ... Elegant, civilized." - Associated Press

"Delightful comedy." - New York Daily News

You're never too old to chance romance!

Celebrated author Sir Cecil Warburton (Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady) is thrilled to read the obituary of an old rival, the dull and respectable man who married Lady Evelyn (Wendy Hiller - Separate Tables), the lovely girl he once kissed - and should have married himself - fifty years ago.

Desirous of female companionship and feeling that this is his last chance to live life to the full, Sir Cecil is determined to woo and marry Evelyn before it's too late. With singleness of purpose on his side and his devoted, but dubious butler, Hawkins (Cyril Cusack - Far and Away), at his back, Sir Cecil sets his sights on the unsuspecting Lady Evelyn - who is in for the courtship of her life! approx. 77 mins. col.

Special Features: Cast Profiles


Short and sweet at 77 minutes, this 1983 made-for-TV adaptation of William Douglas Home's play is delightfully cast, with Rex Harrison, who originated the role of Henry Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady, and Wendy Hiller, the original Liza Doolittle in the 1938 classic Pygmalion. Recreating his stage role, Harrison is at his fussy best as the self-absorbed Cecil, a celebrated author now in his "dotage" and desirous of "a second spring." His spirits are rejuvenated by news of the death of a romantic rival, and he sets out to strike "while the iron is hot" to woo his widow, Evelyn (Hiller), the woman Cecil let get away 50 years before. "I haven't lived, not yet," Cecil tells Hawkins (Cyril Cusack), his faithful, albeit perhaps too attached butler (Cyril Cusack). Hiller is the charming embodiment of a woman who Cecil aptly describes as "everything the doctor ordered in one lovely girl." But Evelyn, just returned from her husband's funeral, is wary of the impetuous Cecil. Over the course of an afternoon and a libation-fueled evening, they talk and reminisce, to the increasing disapproval of Hawkins. But is Cecil 50 years too late? The pleasure of Harrison and Hiller's company more than compensates for the somewhat slim plot. Like the titular bird, The Kingfisher is "a lovely little creature." --Donald Liebenson

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