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Fred Hill und seine Frau Emily sind ein typisches Mittelstandsehepaar, das in London ein einfaches, geregeltes Leben führt. Als sie unerwartet zu Geld kommen, beschließen die beiden, ihrem langweiligen Alltag zu entfliehen und sich auf einer Kreuzfahrt unter die Schönen und Reichen zu mischen. An Bord inmitten der High Society werden sie mit unerwarteten Versuchungen konfrontiert: Während Emily von einem charmanten Tropenpflanzer umgarnt wird, droht Fred den Reizen einer angeblichen Prinzessin zu erliegen. Die Reise entwickelt sich zur absoluten Katastrophe und nach Seekrankheit, Schiffbruch und weiteren Pannen wollen die Hills nur eins – schnell wieder nach Hause! (KinoweltTV)
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Funny and clever opening five minute slapstick intro, drowned in an hour-long sea of boredom, nothingness, humorlessness, and snapshots from a journey around the world just like from a bad newsreel. The final twenty minutes still does not work as a romantic movie, or a comedy, but at least something happens. Thanks for that, at least.
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An expressly pleasant British film. Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville chose the then bestseller by Australian writer Dale Collins and made the adaptation within a year of its release. They were certainly also inspired by the fact that previous films based on Collins' work were made in Hollywood. The interesting exotic setting and ordinary people as the main characters were considered to be in good taste back then. Furthermore, Hitch finally had the opportunity to cast Joan Barry, who dubbed Anna Ondráková in Blackmail. And indeed, the voice is still the same, only Barry simply is not as good an actress. She just looks good and has the right accent. From a historical perspective, the film could be considered a part-talkie. In American distribution it went under the title East of Shanghai, because Rich and Strange obscurely refers to Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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