Director: Sidney Gilliat
Cast: Ian Carmichael, Alastair Sim, Patricia Bredin, Eric Barker, Richard Wattis
Synopsis
From the legendary filmmaking team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat (The Lady Vanishes,
Endless Night) comes the star-studded political satire Left Right and Centre, featuring – among
many others – Ian Carmichael (Lucky Jim), Alastair Sim (Hue and Cry), and Richard Wattis (The Ugly
Duckling).
When popular TV personality Robert Wilcot (Carmichael) is selected as the Conservative candidate
for a small-town by-election, he finds himself up against headstrong Labour candidate Stella
Stoker (Patricia Bredin, The Bridal Path). To the fury of Wilcot’s eccentric uncle (Sim), the
candidates struggle to maintain the momentum of their political battle after they begin to fall in
love...
With its original poster campaign declaring ‘You’ll howl when SEX and POLITICS collide head on!’,
Left Right and Centre takes a wry look at what happens when a man and a woman run for political
office under the glare of the media’s watchful eye. Sound familiar?
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with film expert Michael Brooke (2024)
• Josephine Botting on ‘Left Right and Centre’ (2024): the curator and film historian discusses the
film’s place within British cinema of the 1950s and its representation of the medium of television
• Election in Britain (1960): short film, produced by the Central Office of Information, focusing on
the 1959 UK General Election and the British political system
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Limited edition exclusive book with a new essay by Matthew Bailey and Melanie Williams, a look
at the Launder and Gilliat filmmaking partnership, an overview of contemporary critical reviews,
and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the US
All extras subject to change
