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starring: Bernard Hepton, Fiona Fullerton, Judy Parfitt, George Baker, Abigail McKerndirected by: Alan Gibson
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0743452058433
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC
Label: Goldhil Home Media
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Goldhil Home Media
Release Date: March 01, 2000
Running Time: 312 minutes
Sales Rank: 75362
Studio: Goldhil Home Media
Theatrical Release Date: 1987
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Description:
As seen on public television, starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Gorse.
Gorse is a charmer in every sense of the word: handsome, suave and stylish, sparkling company and the possessor of a sexual magnetism that attracts most women he encounters. But the charm is a veneer. Gorse is a con man and a sexual adventurer, whose conquests are merely a way of obtaining his heart's desires: money and power.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - One of Britain's best
This is not, as one reviewer describes it, a black comedy. Instead, it is a splendid three-part television program about a complete bounder, the sort of "cad" film that George Sanders might have starred in earlier. The acting is marvelous--right down to the smallest roles, such as the maid and the hotel clerk. Nigel Havers is perfect, as are Rosemary Leach and Bernard Hepton. This is television the way it used to be on BBC before the Huns took over. I noticed one small cut, however, in the sex ... Read More
Rating: - "The Charmer" is one you won't want to miss
It's rare that a program makes you root for the villain and despise the "good guys", if there are any good guys in this wonderful production, but "The Charmer" does just that.
Nigel Havers plays Ralph Gorse, a handsome immoral man who has one goal in life, to rise above his station. This series takes place in the 1930's, when England as indeed most places, was still very class conscious. Unless you came from a good family, which meant old money, not money coming from "trade" like Ralph's ... Read More
Rating: - A charming black comedy with a charming cad. Fine performances by Nigel Havers, Bernard Hepton and Rosemary Leach
"Not too tight, old boy," says Ralph Gorse at the end of The Charmer. We've spent nearly 312 minutes leading up to this point. They are 312 well spent minutes.
Gorse (Nigel Havers) is a charming English con man in the early Thirties. He lives by his amoral wits, seducing, enticing and working the side deals. He wants everything he isn't and everything he hasn't. Eventually he works his way up to murder. The Charmer, a wonderful Masterpiece Theater presentation now twenty years old, maintains ... Read More
Rating: - THE CHARMER
I saw this years ago on Public Television and thought it was excellent. So good, in fact, that several years later, I'm looking to purchase a copy for my library. Very British, very well acted and well laid out, from beginning to end. I thoroughly recommend if you're a fan of British television programming.
Rating: - Did the "charmer" really deserve what he got in the end?
Saw it on tv - it was a mini series at the time - and
I just loved it. The acting is very good, the story
itself excellent...when you get to the very end of
the story you begin to feel some sort of sympathy for
the bad boy because he was at times misunderstood, and
used as well. I was fortunately enough to get the videos
from the N.Y. Public Library, though sometimes one or two
at the time, but every time I watched it, I loved every
minute of it....even the sad end.
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