Mr. Miller ist kein Killer (1960)

Mr. Miller ist kein Killer: Directed by Charles Crichton. With Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, Constance Cummings, Jameson Clark. Angela Barrows, an accomplished business analyst from the US, attempts to contemporise the late MacPherson’s tweed factory, shaking the very foundation of a men-only company.

“Contrary to what IMDb shows at the upper-right corner of its page for this movie, there IS a DVD of this film available, in the UK. I recently purchased it from Amazon, there, for 6 pounds. With high hopes, I inserted it into my DVD player and found that the quality of the film-to- digital transfer is nothing short of abysmal. Most of the filmu0026#39;s scenes appear almost entirely black on the TV screen, with only a few details, like well-lit faces, shining through. This is a sorry re-release of this movie, which I had read such good things about here and there. From all I can tell, it is a delightful movie, full of wit and good acting and clever dialog. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe story centers on a female business consultant from the US trying to whip an old-line tweed making company in Scotland into shape – another post-war British film concerned with the onslaught of American values and speedy lifestyle. (Another example that comes to mind is Ealing Studiou0026#39;s The Maggie, which is happily out on DVD in an optically splendid rendition.) The star, here, is a somewhat mousy Peter Sellers who is, of course, worth watching in almost any movie – especially when you can actually see him! Robert Morley, too, is worth the price of admission – one of my favorite British actors.”