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Title: Enjoyable remake
Review: Although one must ask, 'Why remake a nearly perfect Hitchcock masterpiece?' there's no getting around that this 1959 technicolor thriller is thoroughly likeable in itself. While lacking the original's taut pacing (and hence its sense of menace), snappy dialog and cutting-edge camerawork, the mostly UK cast here-- deftly led by the underappreciated Kenneth More-- makes this breezy update well worth watching. Recommended especially for fans of the post-WWII period in British film. 3 1/2 stars.
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