d4doome<p>Barnacle Bill (1957). A very late Alec Guinness Ealing comedy with a nautical flavour.</p><p>It’s an amusing and charming feelgood movie, it has some fine visual moments. It has Alec Guinness in fine fettle as a naval officer who can't go to sea and ends up commanding a seaside pier.</p><p>Most importantly, it's funny.</p><p>My review: <a href="https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2021/11/barnacle-bill-1957.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dfordoom-movieramblings.blogsp</span><span class="invisible">ot.com/2021/11/barnacle-bill-1957.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/AlecGuinness" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AlecGuinness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ealingcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ealingcomedy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ealingcomedies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Ealingcomedies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/BritishCinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BritishCinema</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/britishmovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>britishmovies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/classicmovie" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>classicmovie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/classicmovies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>classicmovies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Comedies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Comedies</span></a></p>