Monday 26 July 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – WE’RE NO ANGELS (1955)

 

It’s Christmas on Devils Island and three prisoners, Joseph (Humphrey Bogart), Albert (Aldo Ray), and Jules (Sir Peter Ustinov) escape from the Penal Colony to a small coastal town. Once there they decide to rob the General Store, run by Felix Ducotel (Leo G. Carroll) and his wife Amelie (Joan Bennett), to get some money and clothes and then travel by ship to another place where they might make their way back to France.

They pretend to be there to fix the roof while they plan the crime, but pretty soon they realize that the financial condition of the family Ducotel is not very good and they find themselves befriending the Ducotel’s and their daughter Isabelle (Gloria Talbott).

And after helping them in many different aspects of their lives they are invited to spend Christmas night with the family and as a result of being so well treated by the family they become very protective towards them.

Especially after the André Trochard (Basil Rathbone), the selfish and mean owner of the establishment, and his nephew Paul Trochard (John Baer) arrive to do an audit of the business, and they witness first-hand how the Trouchard’s exploit the Ducotel family.

So, the convicts decide they should use their expertise to intervene, in the end events take a surprising turn.

Highly recommend anyone should watch this as it makes for a different kind of family viewing at Christmastime.

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