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Two young women from northern England, the conservative Brenda and the flamboyant Yvonne, arrive in swinging London to seek fame and fortune. In the Spring of 1967, Rita and her good friend Lynn Redgrave began filming this lighthearted spoof of Swinging London.
Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is a British actress. She is known for her starring roles in films including A Taste of Honey (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), The Knack ...and How to Get It (1965), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Smashing Time (1967).
Smashing Time is a 1967 British satirical comedy film directed by Desmond Davis starring Rita Tushingham and Lynn Redgrave. It is a satire on the 1960s media-influenced phenomenon of Swinging London. It was written by George Melly.
Aug 25, 2011 · Rita Tushingham's scream about the sort of people who want something for nothing is poignant, and shows a class division in Sixties London, which George Melly later pointed out in Revolt Into Style. It was already mentioned that the film was neither a commercial nor critical success.
Smashing Time: Directed by Desmond Davis. With Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Michael York, Anna Quayle. Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
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- Comedy, Musical
- Desmond Davis
- 1968-01-05
Jun 13, 2011 · Smashing Time was a musical comedy made in 1967 which re-united Lynn Redgrave and Rita Tushingham, who’d appeared together in director Desmond Davis’s 1964 film (his cinematic debut as director) The Girl With Green Eyes, an Irish-set drama adapted from Edna O’Brien’s novel.
May 18, 2020 · Our heroines, irrepressible but selfish Yvonne (Lynn Redgrave) and frumpy but adorable Brenda (Rita Tushingham) find themselves caught up in a desperate struggle to survive being stuck in London after the theft of their savings, (£24, 0s, 0d for all you pre-decimal nuts).
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