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The Optimists
Directed by
Anthony Simmons
PG
1973
1h 50m
Drama
6.6
86%
73%
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A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life.
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Cast of The Optimists
Peter Sellers
Sam
Donna Mullane
Liz
John Chaffey
Mark
Marjorie Yates
Chrissie Ellis
David Daker
Bob Ellis
Katyana Kass
Baby Ellis
Patricia Brake
Dog's Home Secretary
Don Crown
Busker
Bruce Purchase
Policeman
Michael Graham Cox
Park Keeper
Bernie Searle
Dustman
Tommy Wright
Dustman
Pat Beckett
Laundry Lady
Daphne Lawson
Laundry Lady
Candyce Jane Brandl
Laundry Lady
Hilary Crane
Schoolteacher
Pat Ashton
Woman at Nursery
Keith Chegwin
Georgie (uncredited)
Hilary Pritchard
Laundry Lady (uncredited)
The Optimists Ratings & Reviews
Film Threat
Phil Hall
One of Peter Sellers' best performances.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
An underrated film with an excellent performance by Sellers.
Variety
Variety Staff
It all sounds like goo, and the film's last half-hour verges perilously close. But even at its worst The Optimists is acceptable family fare, and for much of its first 80 minutes it engagingly achieves a sense of fantasy.
New York Times
Lawrence Van Gelder
The sort of old-fashioned excursion into sentiment that ought to warm the hearts of parents in search of that elusive piece of merchandise that goes under the name of good family entertainment.
TIME Magazine
Jay Cocks
The movie has the vacant sentimentality and just the sort of grinding winsomeness that can make family movies such a chore.
Cleveland Press
Tony Mastroianni
The crotchety old gent is played by Peter Sellers in a performance that has more discipline and skill than this actor has shown in years.
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