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Peter O’Toole Magnificent In Early Film Role!

18 Feb

I just saw the Warner Archive DVD of the MGM-British film “The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England” (1960). This is a great film with a wonderful cast starring Aldo Ray, Hugh Griffith, Albert Sharpe, beautiful Elizabeth Sellars, and a young Peter O’Toole in only his third film. O’Toole is always worth watching even in bad films but this one is a small masterpiece. Griffith just won an Oscar for “Ben-Hur” (1959) the year before. O’Toole’s very next film was “Lawrence Of Arabia” (1962) for director David Lean!

— rswilltell

 
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David DeWitt
10 years ago
Reply to  rswilltell

And associate Peter O’toole with Errol from his hilarious Flynneske performance in My Favorite Year!

10 years ago

Thank you, Ralph. Going to have to watch this! Must have helped him land the role in L of A.

No one was Errol Flynn … not even Alan Swann … but young O’Toole in this film looks like he might have fit in quite well in “Charge of the Light Brigade”!

[img]http://johngrant.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/England2.jpg[/img]

Texas Gal
10 years ago

O’Toole was wonderful in his own right!

10 years ago

[img]http://www.theerrolflynnblog.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/my-favorite-year.jpg[/img]

You are o-so-right here Ralph. In the high octane and very entertain-ing book “Hellraisers” there is a reference to Errol:books.google.at/books?id=00FZw4_kcTIC&pg=PT251&dq=hellraisers%2Berrol+flynn&hl=de&sa=X&ei=wwXnVIzLOMfxUoX1g8gF&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=hellraisers%2Berrol%20flynn&f=false…

10 years ago

David Lean had originally intended to cast Albert Finney in “Lawrence of Arabia” but, after testing him, didn’t think he would take his direction. He later saw “The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England” and spotted O’Toole playing “a silly ass Englishman” and decided to test him. Years later, Finney would also turn down the role of Alan Swann in “My Favorite Year”. [img]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7u79w3F5A1qcv4yjo1_1280.jpg[/img]

10 years ago
Reply to  zacal

Well, Albert Finney turned Lawrence down, thumbed his nose at Sam Spiegel and returned Flynn style in a sensational swashbuckler: www.youtube.com…