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Humphrey Bogart in WE’RE NO ANGELS Saturday Morning at The Hi-Pointe
WE’RE NO ANGELS (1955) plays on the big screen at St. Louis’ fabulous Hi-Pointe Theater this weekend as part of their Classic Film Series. It’s Saturday, December 3rd at 10:30am at the Hi-Pointe located at 1005 McCausland Ave., St. Louis, MO 63117. Admission is only $5. Other Christmas films in December are IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE at 10:30am 12/10 and WHITE CHRISTMAS at 10:30am 12/17 and DIE HARD at midnight 12/23.
“We came here to rob them and that’s what we’re gonna do – beat their heads in, gouge their eyes out, slash their throats. Soon as we wash the dishes.”
Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray are the motley trio of convicts who escape from Devil’s Island prison just before Christmas in the festive 1955 comedy WE’RE NO ANGELS. They look for places to steal from and stumble across a store run by kindly but bumbling Felix Ducotel (Leo G Carroll) and persuade him to employ them to fix his roof. From the aerial view, they observe his wife (Joan Bennett) and love-lorn daughter (Gloria Talbott) and it isn’t long before they descend to lend the family their unique help!
Basil Rathbone appears as Felix’s scrooge cousin – there are some great exchanges between him and Bogart. Bogart gives a wonderful dead-pan performance, ably supported by a youthful Ustinov and Ray, and you end up rooting for them as they do their best to solve the family’s problems! Although the action largely takes place on Christmas Eve, the comic moments ensure things don’t get too sentimental – this is an enjoyable, feel-good movie and a great, outside-the-box choice for The Hi-pointe to show as part of their Christmas month of classic films!
The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found HERE
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