Rent All the Right Noises (1969)

3.4 of 5 from 54 ratings
1h 27min
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Synopsis:
Originally sold with the provocative tagline 'Is 15 1/2 too young for a girl? Is one wife enough for one man?', this time-capsule of a film concerns itself with the story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, and forms part of a peculiarly 1960's British wave of films exploring such sensitive subject matter (others included Term of Trial, Age of Consent, and Three into Two Won't Go).
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Si Litvinoff, John Quested
Writers:
Gerry O'Hara
Studio:
BFI Video
Genres:
Comedy
Collections:
The Golden Age of British Pop Musicals, A Brief History of Film...
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/08/2009
Run Time:
87 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Bernard Braden 'Now and Then' interview with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting (1967)
  • The Spy's Wife (1972): a rare and little-seen short film by O'Hara starring Tom Bell and Ann Lynn
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/08/2009
Run Time:
91 minutes
Languages:
English LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
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Bonus:
  • Bernard Braden 'Now and Then' interview with Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting (1967)
  • The Spy's Wife (1972): a rare and little-seen short film by O'Hara starring Tom Bell and Ann Lynn

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Reviews (1) of All the Right Noises

Difficult not to like. - All the Right Noises review by NP

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19/08/2022

This is a fairly uneventful ‘kitchen sink’ drama in which a married man has an affair with a 15-year-old girl. Very much of its time, it is still a surprise to see how his relationship with the young girl is treated so wholesomely as a romance between two very likeable people, while the unsuspecting (?) wife is equally appealing. Personable, funny, charming and generous - even the two young children are lovely – and as a viewer, you don’t want anyone to get hurt, which is inevitable considering the man’s pretty shocking behaviour.

The affair comes close to being discovered from time to time – whether it does or not, I’m not telling – but there’s no huge drama here as every eventuality occurs gently, which is rare for such a usually gritty ’70s genre.

The acting is what shines mostly here. Tom Bell is Len, the most flawed character, alongside his dad (Robert Keegan); Judy Carne is Len’s wife Joy, a happy and charming actress, and Olivia Hussey plays young Val, whose clear-skinned, wide-eyed appeal is far from the wanton temptress you may expect.

With no real villains to hiss, things could get a little dull from time to time were it not for the characters, but I enjoyed this. My score is 7 out of 10.

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