Fredric March, Evelyn Venable, Guy Standing
Death decides to take a holiday from his usual business to see what it is like to be a mortal. Posing as Prince Sirki, he spends 3 days with Duke Lambert and his guests at his dukal estate. Several of...( read more
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IF YOU LOVE MEET JOE BLACK, YOU SHOULD SEE THIS.. THIS IS THE ORGINAL... THE REMAKE WITH BRAD PITT WAS EXCELLENT... SO YOU NEED TO WORK THIS..
IT IS ABOUT WHAT THE TITLE SAYS "DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY" AND DURING THIS HOLIDAY NO ONE AN NOTHING DIES... IT IS VERY MUCH A MYSTERY......( read more)
I really enjoyed this movie, I think I will watch it again to make sure I still think this highly of it, ist been a while.
This is a wonderful movie. And it is kind of a 2 ring circus as many movies are, on one hand 'Death' takes the form of a human and spends time enjoying the company of others at a little resort while around the world horrable events take place without the benefit of death. This ...( read more)
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this was the film that introduced me to fredric march and i was immeadiately won over by his ability in this film to say one thing but to mean another. he tries to keep his true identity a secret even as his nature affects all who meet him. it's been remade a couple of times, once in the seventies, i think, with monte markham (remember him...no, i didn't think you would) and once with the redoubtable brad pitt, but this version's mood and eerie feeling easily make it the strongest of the three.
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