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Never Let Go [DVD]

Richard Todd (Actor), Peter Sellers (Actor), John Guillermin (Director) Rated: Parental Guidance Format: DVD
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Format PAL
Contributor Peter Sellers, Noel Willman, Richard Todd, Adam Faith, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter Jones, John Guillermin, Peter De Sarigny, David Lodge, Nigel Stock, John Le Mesurier, Carol White, Mervyn Johns See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 27 minutes
Colour Black & White

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Richard Todd plays John Cummings, an unsuccessful toiletry salesman who buys a very expensive car to sell and change the direction of his career. He does not have enough money to insure the car, and when it is stolen by a professional gang, led by Lionel (Peter Sellers), Cummings vows to hunt down the thieves at whatever cost. This therefore involves delving into the sinister and very dangerous world run by Lionel. The title track is sung by Adam Faith who also made his screen debut as a young thug in this film.

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Remembered dimly as Peter Sellers' only venture into "serious" acting, Never Let Go has a lot of other things to recommend it, mostly because it manages to include a lot of the lurid elements that gained it an X certificate in 1960. It has a near-demented melodrama plot, as two desperate obsessives collide in a bizarre feud. Richard Todd, doing meek and put-upon, is a sales rep for smug Peter Jones' cosmetics firm whose life is turned upside-down when his Ford Anglia, bought on hire purchase and uninsured, is stolen by teddy boy Adam Faith. Looking like an inhabitant of Royston Vasey in The League of Gentlemen, Sellers plays a grinning, jumped-up spiv who runs a legitimate garage which is a front for the car thieves and is sugar daddy to teenage tartlet Carol White.

Typical of Sellers' demonic rottenness is a scene in which he breaks down-and-out Melvyn Johns' heart by stamping on his beloved terrapin. "Peanut" Todd's crusade to get back his motor (catchphrase "what about my car?") brings trouble too: he gets repeatedly beaten up, abandoned by his wife (Elizabeth Sellars) and dragged to the edge of madness for a final punch-up in a garage. With a delightfully sleazy, jazzy John Barry score, lots of local colour in the caffs and gaffs of criminal London circa 1960 and a parade of welcome character actors (John le Mesurier, David Lodge, Noel Willman, Nigel Stock), this has its soapy spells, but it's a fascinating relic.

On the DVD: Never Let Go's menu plays under Faith's theme song ("When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again--Oh Yeah Oh Yeah!"). The print is slightly letterboxed but looks a few generations away from the master with some careless transfer work that greys shadows and overexposes some scenes. --Kim Newman

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Is discontinued by manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Rated ‏ : ‎ Parental Guidance
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 83.16 g
  • Manufacturer reference ‏ : ‎ 5037115036131
  • Director ‏ : ‎ John Guillermin
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ PAL
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 27 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ 7 Oct. 2002
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Mono)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ ITV Studios Home Entertainment
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Peter De Sarigny
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00006L9VA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Spike Owen
    5.0 out of 5 stars When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 June 2012
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    Never Let Go is directed by John Guillermin who also co-writes the story with producer Peter de Sarigny. Alun Falconer adapts to screenplay with music by John Barry and cinematography by Christopher Challis. It stars Peter Sellers, Richard Todd, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith and Carol White.

    John Cummings (Todd) is a struggling cosmetics salesman who buys a Ford Anglia car from crooked criminal Lionel Meadows (Sellers). When the car is stolen, Cummings, without insurance, finds his job on the line and his marriage facing crisis. Refusing to accept it as just one of those unfortunate things, Cummings starts digging for answers and finds himself in a world of violence, apathy and suicide.

    As the classic film noir cycle came to an end, there was still the odd film to filter through post 1958 that deserved to have been better regarded in noir circles. One such film is Britain's biting thriller, Never Let Go. Its history is interesting. Landed with the X Certificate in Britain, a certificate normally afforded blood drenched horror or pornography, the picture garnered some notoriety on account of its brutal violence and frank language. By today's standards it's obviously tame, but transporting oneself back to 1960 it's easy to see why the picture caused a stir. The other notable thing to come with the film's package was the appearance of Peter Sellers in a very rare serious role. In short he plays a vile angry bastard, and plays it brilliantly so, but the critics kicked him for it, and his army of fans were dismayed to see the great comic actor playing fearsome drama. So stung was he by the criticism and fall out, Sellers refused to do serious drama again. And that, on this evidence, is a tragic shame.

    What about my car?

    Out of Beaconsfield Studios, Guillermin's movie is a clinically bleak movie in tone and thematics. Todd's amiable John Cummings is plunged into a downward spiral of violence and helplessness by one turn of fate, that of his car being stolen. As he is buffeted about by young thugs, given the run around by a seemingly unsympathetic police force, starts to lose a grip on his job and dressed down by his adoring wife, Cummings begins to man up and realise he may have to become as bad as his nemesis, Lionel Meadows, to get what he rightly feels is justice. But at what cost to himself and others? The classic noir motif of the doppleganger comes into play for the excellently staged finale, made more telling by the build up where Cummings' "growth" plays opposite Meadows' rod of iron approach as he bullies man, woman and reptiles. Visually, too, it's classic film noir where Challis (Footsteps in the Fog) and Guillermin (Town on Trial) use shadows and darkness to reflect state of minds, while the grand use of off kilter camera angles are used for doors of plot revelation. Layered over the top is a jazzy score by John Barry.

    It's not perfect, Sellers' accent takes some getting used to here in London town, Adam Faith is not wholly convincing as a bully boy carjacker and there's a leap of faith needed to accept some parts of the police investigation. But this is still quality drama, it's nasty, seedy and expertly characterised by the principal actors. In this dingy corner of 1960 London, film noir was very much alive and well. 9/10
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  • Gus Thomas
    5.0 out of 5 stars It Never Let's You Go
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2020
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    This memorable, black and white Great British production seems to have been filmed, feted for a while and then forgotten about. It is certainly long overdue for remembering. One reviewer likens it to a Greek Tragedy; along the same lines, it made me think of Grand Opera. But whichever, it is a very effective drama, having a naively heroic hero (Richard Todd), dead set on a reckoning with a nasty, satisfyingly villainous villain (Peter Sellers) over a stolen car.

    The tale of the salesman's efforts to recover his just-purchased vehicle is one continuously tense with a sense of menace, of actual and threatened violence but which the director never allows to go OTT. He is aided and abetted in this by a superbly-written and executed musical score by John Barry, which is an object lesson in how music can enhance a film, rather than swamping it in a wash of superfluous 'muzak', as all too often happens. The supporting cast is excellent and although Adam Faith inevitably betrays his inexperience as a film-actor, in his "budgieish" way, he does OK ( his performance of the sound-track song, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again" (arranged by John Barry) was one of the best he ever made).

    I imagine that if this hilm had been Made in Hollywood, with, say, James Stewart as the innocent abroad and Edward G Robinson as the gangland boss, some of the more patronising reviewers above would have hailed it as a classic. Happily, it was made in England, without a trace of Hollywoodish sentimentalising and still manages to be something of a classic of film noir. In its tight-lipped, understated, black and white British way it is, in fact, a real cracker, that rewards repeated viewing.
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  • Tim Kidner
    4.0 out of 5 stars The Wrong Arm of the Law (& other movies)
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2012
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    I bought this set for evergreen and ever watchable crime caper just mentioned, that in my separate review of it was titled 'Lavender Hill Mob meets Panther meets Casino Royale'. I wanted it on DVD as the commercial TV channel (the same that produced this boxset, ITV) where it does get shown always cut in with the ever increasing ads in all the wrong places and it's a film that needs to run continuously, as it's fast - and fun.

    Of course, getting two bonus films is always welcome and one always makes allowances for this, as they can bring the whole standard down, but we should bear in mind what we bought it for in the first place.

    Promises of some soft erotica, I'm ashamed to say Soft Beds Hard Battles was my next choice and these days, with no nostalgia for it in my clear eyes, at best it's a saucy romp. At worst, it's absolutely dreadful, with Sellers' take on the Japanese general extremely embarrassing, to say the least. It struck me as being an 'Allo 'Allo for adults, but forty years ago and of course, might have seemed titillating and even X-rated, now just looks pathetically tame - and tired. That said, it does show Sellers' ability to morph himself into as many disguises as he can. But, this is as far from Dr Strangelove as could be envisaged. There was probably a story within it, somewhere, but I preferred to just sit back, in various states of dismay, mostly!

    Never Let Go, was one that Radio Times' David Parkinson, who reviewed it for them, gave it just one star. However, I rather like these sort of British crime dramas, that mix social comment, location and a few faces from my childhood TV days. It might seem to lacking in cohesion, with characters at odds with each other and some lumpy and over-dramatic moments but it is good entertainment, something which 'proper' critics often forget all about! Yes, it might seem OTT for cosmetic salesman Richard Todd to get SO het up about when his Ford Anglia (the rep-mobile of its day) gets stolen, but when you compare this inconvenience with one of the finest films ever made, Bicycle Thieves and consider that all his woes are triggered by the loss of his means of sustaining a living, then criticisms dissipate somewhat.

    So, as others have said, a lumpy ride, no absolute duds and only one real corker, but if you're a Sellers fan, then it is a must and for the price, is an excellent means of buying them. It's all nicely packaged too, with a fold-out layout and made from good materials. Recommended.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on 23 March 2018
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    Great! DVD, Different type of Sellers movie, Interesting to see him in a sinaster role!
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  • STEPHAN Rémy
    5.0 out of 5 stars La revanche du faible (l' anti "voleur de bicyclette" ?!)
    Reviewed in France on 30 August 2015
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    Un terne représentant en cosmétiques (Richard Todd) achète une voiture afin d' arriver en temps et en heure à ses rendez-vous car il risque de perdre son emploi. Il se la fait voler par des jeunots commandés par un propriétaire de garage qui est en fait un chef de gang violent (Peter Sellers). Devant les résultats de la Police qui se font attendre, le modeste VRP décide donc de la récupérer par ses propres moyens contre l' avis de sa femme (Elisabeth Sellars).

    Le personnage incarné par Richard Todd est un raté. Mais il en a marre de courber l' échine ; donc dans un dernier sursaut, il tente le tout pour le tout, quitte à ce que sa femme et ses deux enfants abandonnent le foyer conjugal. Peter Sellers étonne dans un rôle de salaud intégral ; tour à tour tortionnaire, obsédé sexuel, foutant sur la gueule à tout ce qui barre son chemin. Paraît-il que devant le peu succès du film, il ne voulut pas rééditer l' exploit ; quel dommage ! John Guillermin, qui coécrit l' histoire avec Peter de Sarigny, est décidément un réalisateur intéressant à plus d' un titre. La mise en scène est nette, sans bavure et temps mort. "Never Let Go" (1960) est un film noir, social, aux affrontements physiques teigneux à peine apaisé par le visage beau et tragique d' Elisabeth Sellars et celui plus "Norma Jeane" de Carol White.

    Film anglais en noir et blanc de 1960 d' une durée de 91 mn.
    Format letterbox 1.66:1 ; format respecté mais prévu pour être diffusé sur un écran 4/3.
    Version audio anglaise uniquement.
    Version originale sous-titrée française.
    Zone 1 et exclusivement zone 1.
    Bonne copie.
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  • Norris G. Fugate
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not typical Peter Sellers
    Reviewed in the United States on 27 November 2018
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    This a long way from the Pink Panther. Not only is this a dramatic role, Peter plays a "low-life" and does it believably. A very good English Pine Studios release. To you Peter Sellers fans-- Give it a go, mates.
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  • David E. Baldwin
    3.0 out of 5 stars Sellers Does Brando
    Reviewed in the United States on 10 June 2005
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    Despite the seedy London locales and the jazzy score by John Barry this tale of a down-on-his-luck cosmetics salesman who gets his car pinched by a gang of car thieves is overbaked melodrama. As the film progresses it just gets sillier and sillier. Peter Sellers, to let us know that he is "acting", chews whatever scenery is handy. He glowers, he emotes, he launches spittle. Recommended only for camp value or Sellers completists.
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  • Eric Gardiner
    4.0 out of 5 stars Sellers plays himself.
    Reviewed in the United States on 31 December 2012
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    A movie I remember as a teenager. Probably the only movie where Peter Sellers plays a straight role as a bad guy. Perhaps this is Sellers true persona! I also enjoyed seeing Adam Faith, who, although his singing wasn't the greatest, turned out later to be a very good actor. A great trip down memory lane.
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