This film is really worth watching. I think a lot of people who don't normally watch old films will also like this one.
The plot is that of an unmarried Vicar who is well loved in the his new community. He stars by defending a very young Cliff Richards for a first strick offense. The kid is more or less ok but his brother, Larry, is juvenile delinquent (even if we don't see much of his deeds). At the start we see a young woman getting dressed after a roll in the long grass with Larry. She wants to talk to him but he stops her and later avoids her. He then concentres his attentions on a beautiful french girl who is working at the vicars house. . All goes wee untill the girl confesses one night to the vicar that she is pregnant and Larry is the farther.. as she goes home, she sees Larry with the French girl and runs into the road and dies.
The vicar confronts Larry but L. Fights back and simulates an attack from the V and pretends he was sexually abused. He gets a perfect witness in a woman who works in the church who is in love with the vicar. Unfortunately just prior, she tried to kiss him and he rejected her so she is hurt and takes the kids side. .
The film addresses very riskee themes for a film made in 1959. They talk about sex openly. They talk about sex before marriage as something as normal. The theme of pedophilia in the church is something that was until quite recently wasn't spoken that much about. . So yes it was well done. I enjoyed it.
The plot is that of an unmarried Vicar who is well loved in the his new community. He stars by defending a very young Cliff Richards for a first strick offense. The kid is more or less ok but his brother, Larry, is juvenile delinquent (even if we don't see much of his deeds). At the start we see a young woman getting dressed after a roll in the long grass with Larry. She wants to talk to him but he stops her and later avoids her. He then concentres his attentions on a beautiful french girl who is working at the vicars house. . All goes wee untill the girl confesses one night to the vicar that she is pregnant and Larry is the farther.. as she goes home, she sees Larry with the French girl and runs into the road and dies.
The vicar confronts Larry but L. Fights back and simulates an attack from the V and pretends he was sexually abused. He gets a perfect witness in a woman who works in the church who is in love with the vicar. Unfortunately just prior, she tried to kiss him and he rejected her so she is hurt and takes the kids side. .
The film addresses very riskee themes for a film made in 1959. They talk about sex openly. They talk about sex before marriage as something as normal. The theme of pedophilia in the church is something that was until quite recently wasn't spoken that much about. . So yes it was well done. I enjoyed it.