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The Boy Friend

1971 · 137 min · Directed by Ken Russell

Romance·Comedy·Musical

The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest "all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing" extravaganza.

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Have seen this a few times on MGM Movies on tv, pity it's so hard to track down on dvd! Is it even out on dvd?

Should be on all Musicals lists

More of a musical than a lot of others on this list.

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