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Something for Everyone ★★ ½ The Rook; Black Flowers for the Bride 1970 (R)

A corrupt footman uses sex and murder in an attempt to take over the estate of an aristocratic Bavarian family in post-WWII Germany. He nearly succeeds in marrying the countess (Lansbury), but someone has been keeping tabs on him. Funny, ambitious black comedy. From the novel “The Code” by Harry Kressing. 112m/C VHS . Angela Lansbury, Michael York, Anthony (Corlan) Higgins, Heidelinde Weis; D: Harold Prince; C: Walter Lassally.

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