Genevieve

Barrister Alan treasures his veteran motor Genevieve. However, rude remarks from his old pal Ambrose cool the air between the two friends, resulting in a deadly serious wager over who’ll beat the other in a classic car race., Delightful British comedy about two couples, all car enthusiasts, who challenge one another to a friendly race on the return from the annual London-to-Brighton veteran car rally. What starts out playfully becomes increasingly serious as they speed to the finish line at the Westminster Bridge. Widely acclaimed at the time of its release, The plot of this thoroughly captivating British comedy can be summed up in a sentence: two young couples participate in the Vintage Car Rally, a yearly race from London to Brighton. At first treating the race as a lark, the two couples become increasingly competitive as they near the finishing line., Henry Cornelius’s very British comedy stars John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan as Alan and Wendy McKim, while Kenneth More and Kay Kendall play Ambrose Cleverhouse and Rosalind Peters. The two men are classic car fanatics and, after completing the London-to-Brighton race, decide to make the return leg a race too. As the men get more competitive and the women more despairing, there are laughs galore, counterpointed by Larry Adler’s harmonica score., Henry Cornelius’s very British comedy stars John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan as Alan and Wendy McKim, while Kenneth More and Kay Kendall play Ambrose Cleverhouse and Rosalind Peters. The two men are classic car fanatics and after completing the London-to-Brighton race, decide on their own race for the return leg. As the men get more competitive and the women more despairing, there are laughs galore, counter-pointed by Larry Adler’s iconic harmonica score., Henry Cornelius’s very British comedy stars John Gregson and Dinah Sheridan as Alan and Wendy McKim, while Kenneth Moore and Kay Kendall play Ambrose Cleverhouse and Rosalind Peters. The two men are classic car fanatics and after completing the London-to-Brighton race, decide on their own race for the return leg., Delightful British comedy about two couples, all car enthusiasts, who challenge one another to a friendly race on the return from the annual London-to-Brighton veteran car rally. What starts out playfully becomes increasingly serious as they speed to the finish line at the Westminster Bridge. Widely acclaimed at the time of its release., The hilarious antics of two couples driving ancient cars in an annual auto race. Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall, Kenneth More, Joyce Grenfell, Geoffrey Keen. Sparkling direction by Henry Cornelius; delightful performances.