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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
“It's never too late for an encore.”
6.9 / 10• 2000• 1h 24m•NR• English
ComedyMusicTV Movie
Storyline
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells.
Cast & Crew
Judi Dench
Elizabeth
Lead
Ian Holm
Patrick
Joan Sims
Betty
June Whitfield
Annie
Olympia Dukakis
Dinah
Billie Whitelaw
Evelyn
Leslie Caron
Madeleine
Cleo Laine
Gwen
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gillies MacKinnon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
