Lamp in Assassin Mews (1962)
To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.
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This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
This early sixties British film is enjoyable thanks to the portrayals of the elderly brother and sister who want to halt all progress including the replacement of the last remaining gas street light. The light is located in their street, interestingly named Assassin Mews. The elderly siblings have an especial aversion to vacuum cleaner door to door salesmen and are gleefully killing them off. A community activist who wants more controlled development becomes acquainted with them. The "villain" in the movie is councilman Jack Norton who is a strong advocate for development and progress. So, the siblings decide to knock him off with amusing if predictable results. When I hear references made to "the good old days," I am reminded of what some wit said about nostalgia: if you miss the good old days, turn off your air conditioning.
The Showtime cable network a few years ago showed several British black and white movies from the early 60's that were each a little over an hour long. I found a few of them enjoyable (at least they were short!). This oddball comedy is about an elderly couple who kill a couple of people for reasons I really can't remember. (Assassin Mews is the name of the street they live on). Nothing special but painless attempt at making murder hilarious.