Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | |
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Directed by | James Ivory |
Produced by | Ismail Merchant |
Written by | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Starring |
Peggy Ashcroft Larry Pine Saeed Jaffrey Victor Banerjee Aparna Sen |
Music by | Vic Flick |
Cinematography | Walter Lassally |
Edited by |
Melvyn Bragg Humphrey Dixon |
Distributed by | Contemporary Films Ltd. (1979 UK, theatrical) Criterion Collection (DVD) |
Release date
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1978 (TV premiere) |
Running time
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85 minutes |
Language | English |
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures is a 1978 film by Merchant Ivory Productions (written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant) set in India, starring UK great stage actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft.
A group of thieves descend upon an Indian palace to steal a collection of valuable paintings. The group includes Lady Gee (Peggy Ashcroft), a museum curator; the Maharaja (Victor Banerjee), his sister Bonnie (Aparna Sen) who wants to sell the paintings to Sotheby's, and a few others.