Left, Right And Centre
- 1959 film
Comedy following the Conservative and Labour candidates in a by-election who unwittingly fall in love. Stars Ian Carmichael, Alastair Sim, Patricia Bredin, Richard Wattis, Eric Barker and more.
Left Right And Centre
From the legendary filmmaking team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat (The Lady Vanishes, Endless Night) comes the star-studded political satire Left, Right And Centre, featuring - among many others - Ian Carmichael (Lucky Jim), Alastair Sim (Hue And Cry), and Richard Wattis (The Ugly Duckling).
When popular TV personality Robert Wilcot (Carmichael) is selected as the Conservative candidate for a small-town by-election, he finds himself up against headstrong Labour candidate Stella Stoker (Patricia Bredin, The Bridal Path). To the fury of Wilcot's eccentric uncle (Sim), the candidates struggle to maintain the momentum of their political battle after they begin to fall in love...
With its original poster campaign declaring 'You'll howl when SEX and POLITICS collide head on!', Left, Right And Centre takes a wry look at what happens when a man and a woman run for political office under the glare of the media's watchful eye. Sound familiar?
This high definition remaster of the classic comedy comes with its original mono audio soundtrack.
First released: Tuesday 19th November 2024
Extra features
- Audio commentary with film expert Michael Brooke (2024)
- Josephine Botting on Left, Right And Centre (2024): The curator and film historian discusses the film's place within British cinema of the 1950s and its representation of the medium of television
- Election in Britain (1960): Short film, produced by the Central Office of Information, focusing on the 1959 UK General Election and the British political system
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
- Limited edition exclusive book with a new essay by Matthew Bailey and Melanie Williams, a look at the Launder and Gilliat filmmaking partnership, an overview of contemporary critical reviews, and film credits
Blu-ray 
- Distributor: Powerhouse Films
- Region: A
- Discs: 1
- Minutes: 95
- Subtitles: English
- Catalogue: PUSLE453B
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