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Summary: BIRDIE NUM ..... NUM[B]S ........
Review: with apology to the late Peter S.The unusual suspects? Sure, this one has them all - the New Doctor [who has an rather unusual bedside manner with the ladies, and performs ... shall we say ... perhaps those unspoken surgeries?], the two sisters - one the Nurse, always cloaked and hooded, falconesque perhaps? The other one - petite, sweet, blonde and braided and married to an 'elder gentleman' - somewhat a May/December fling, then there's the 'Bird in the Gilded Cage', wing slightly clipped, but also enamoured by the Doctor ..... and the little bespectacled teen ...... Clouzot paints a drab, fascinating, character study of total paranoia during our stay in this little hamlet ... and the letters? They keep on coming - until everyone becomes a suspect. Brilliantly photographed and lensed this is a must-see experience, but not just once, Oh, our director flings the truth right out there - so obvious from the very beginning, but it's up to the viewer..... As for the Patient in bed #13 and the doting, veiled mama? Another sinister moment! Buy, yes, buy this Birdie!
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