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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Directed byJames Ivory
Written byRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Produced byIsmail Merchant
Starring
CinematographyWalter Lassally
Edited by
Music byVic Flick
Distributed by
Release date
  • 1978 (1978) (TV premiere)
Running time
85 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures is a 1978 television film by Merchant Ivory Productions (written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, directed by James Ivory and produced by Ismail Merchant) set in India, starring UK stage actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft. It later received a limited theatrical release in 1979.

Plot synopsis

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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.

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