The Kingfisher

Starring: Rex Harrison, Wendy Hiller, Cyril Cusack

Bachelor Sir Cecil gets a second chance to court the sweetheart he lost 50 years before.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 066805307430
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Bfs Entertainment
• Director: James Cellan-Jones
• Starring: Rex Harrison, Wendy Hiller, Cyril Cusack
• Runtime: 1 hour, 30 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: color
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.

Customer Reviews

First love remembered and a second chance.

How many of us remember the great love of our youth? And for some reason or other, the one that got away. Where is he/she now, and is it possible for providence to give us the last opportunity to correct this? Three great actors play out the scenario. Cecil (Rex Harrison) discovers that his love, Evelyn (Wendy Hiller), who got away 50 years ago, has been recently widowed and is passing by his home on the way from the funeral. For 50 years, Evelyn was married to an avid golfer who died on the seventeenth hole. Why did they get married? For 50 years, Cecil decided never to marry and lived with his servant Hawkins (Cyril Cusack), who is not looking forward to the impending meeting. This film is based on “The Kingfisher: A comedy in two acts” by William Douglas Home, and we are voyeurs watching these people and, of course, the kingfisher. You will have to watch again for all the nuances. Also, notice the extras on the DVD. Be sure to watch Rex playing a character named Cecil in “The Honey Pot” (1967).