composed by Francis Chagrin
Another film soundtrack from another favorite (Alec Guinness is in it, what's not to love?!). One of the many things I love about old films is how they can get away with deus ex machina endings and not-so-happily-ever-after endings even in "comedies" [I will not reveal what kind of ending Last Holiday has ;-)] we let them slide because we think "Oh well, they didn't know any better, it's an old movie and the industry was in it's infancy" but I beg to differ sometimes the endings are absolutely perfect and most of these films wouldn't be the same without their odd endings. So here's my salute to classic British dramedy and the endings we can see coming but hope to goodness we're wrong about:
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