Travels with My Aunt (1972)
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40% of critics liked it
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(501 ratings)
In the lively comedy/adventure Travels with My Aunt, adapted from Graham Green's book, Henry (Alec McCowan), a timid, bookish accountant whose life seems to have died stillborn, discovers how to live with gusto thanks to the rough ministrations of his thoroughly eccentric aunt Augusta (Maggie… More In the lively comedy/adventure Travels with My Aunt, adapted from Graham Green's book, Henry (Alec McCowan), a timid, bookish accountant whose life seems to have died stillborn, discovers how to live with gusto thanks to the rough ministrations of his thoroughly eccentric aunt Augusta (Maggie Smith). Aunt Augusta bursts into Henry's life during the funeral for his mother, Augusta's sister. She whisks him to her apartment for a general cheering up, and he is thoroughly bemused by her bohemian ways and her much-younger black Caribbean boyfriend. In the next few hours, she manages to pry him from his dusty life and involve him in a series of incredible adventures involving old love affairs, espionage, kidnappings, and more money than he has ever dreamt of. Before the story ends, Henry has properly gotten into the spirit of his madcap aunt's adventuring. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Cukor
- Written By
- Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Dec 17, 1972 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
One of George Cukor's last (and least impressive) pictures, this version of Graham Greene's eccentric comedy is thematically similar to Auntie Mame but suffers from Maggie Smith's overly stylized turn and lack of rapport with Alec McCowen as her nephew.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Dampened by a hammy over-theatrical performance by Maggie Smith, too much useless gab and too many contrived plot turns.
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Carol Cling, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Agressive whimsey eventually wears out its welcome.
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Cast
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Maggie Smith
as Aunt Augusta
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Alec McCowen
as Henry
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Louis Gossett Jr
as Wordsworth
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Robert Stephens
as Visconti
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Cindy Williams
as Tooley
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Robert Flemyng
as Crowder
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Charlie Bravo
as Policeman
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Daniel Emilfork
as Hakim
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Javier Escrivá
as Dancer in Messagero
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Raymond Gerome
as Mario
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William Layton
as Art Expert
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Corinne Marchand
as Louise
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Aldo Sambrell
as Hakim's Assistant
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Jose Luis Lopez Vasquez
as Dambreuse
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John Hamill
as Crowder's Man
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Julio Peña
as Mons. Alexandre
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David Swift
as Detective
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Valerie White
as Madame Dambreuse
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Antonio Pica
as Elegant Man
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Bernard Holley
as Bobby
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Olive Behrendt
as Madame in Messagero
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Nora Norman
as Stripper
