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{{Infobox film
| name = Rotten to the Core
| image = "Rotten_To_the_Core"_(1965).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = UK campaign book
| director = [[John Boulting]]
| writer = [[Roy Boulting]] [[Jeffrey Dell]] Len Heath John Warren
| producer = Roy Boulting
| starring = [[Anton Rodgers]] [[Charlotte Rampling]] [[Eric Sykes]] [[Ian Bannen]]
| narrator =
| cinematography = [[Freddie Young]]
| editing = Teddy Darvas
| music = Michael Dress
| studio =
| distributor = [[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion]]
| released = 14 July 1965 (UK)
| runtime = 89 mins
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''Rotten to the Core''''' is a 1965 black and white British comedy film directed by [[John Boulting]], and co-written and produced by his brother [[Roy Boulting]]. It stars [[Anton Rodgers]], [[Charlotte Rampling]], [[Eric Sykes]] and [[Ian Bannen]]. The film received a [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|BAFTA]] nomination for [[Alex Vetchinsky]]'s production design.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1966/film/british-art-direction-black-and-white|title=BAFTA Awards|website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>

It was Charlotte Rampling's first credited role and she plays the main female lead.<ref name="VarietyCore" /> The principal comedy sections are supplied by [[Eric Sykes]] in various guises as an undercover policeman.

==Plot==
Upon finishing a prison sentence, a trio of crooks go in search of their one-time leader, known as "The Duke", who was supposed to safeguard their share of the money which was never recovered. However, the Duke's girlfriend Sara tells them the Duke is dead and the money is long gone. Later, the gang discover that she's lying, and that the Duke has set up a spa, the Hope Springs Nature Clinic, as a front. The Duke is planning a major heist with some criminal cronies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128632/Rotten-to-the-Core/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306160611/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128632/Rotten-to-the-Core/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-06 |title=Rotten-to-the-Core – Trailer – Cast – Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |last=Williams|first=Karl|date=2014 |access-date=2014-03-10}}</ref>

The complex plot involves the police, the [[British Army]], officers of the German army and a complicated deception by means of rail, with real German army officers being tricked into getting off the train one stop early, to be replaced by criminals in their guise. Leading the army group is Lt Vine who is successfully deceived by the whole affair (aided by Sara feeding him false information) and he has to bear the brunt of the blame.

==Cast==
*[[Anton Rodgers]] as the Duke
*[[Charlotte Rampling]] as Sara Capell
*[[Eric Sykes]] as William Hunt
*[[Ian Bannen]] as Lt. Percy Vine
*[[Thorley Walters]] as Chief Constable Preston
*[[Peter Vaughan]] as Sir Henry Capell
*[[Dudley Sutton]] as Jelly
*[[Kenneth Griffith]] as Lenny the Dip
*James Beckett as Scapa Flood
*[[Victor Maddern]] as Anxious O'Toole
*[[Avis Bunnage]] as Countess de Wett
*[[Frank Jarvis (actor)|Frank Jarvis]] as Moby
*[[Raymond Huntley]] as Prison Governor
*[[Dandy Nichols]] as Woman in Cemetery

==Production==
The film was based on an original idea by Roy Boulting which he gained, he told ''[[The New York Times]]'', when recuperating from a broken neck in 1964. "Call it a cynical comment on organised thievery today," he said. Filming began in February 1965 at [[Shepperton Studios]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Weiler|first=A.H.|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1965/02/28/98453903.html?pageNumber=406|title=Focus on 'Rotten' Crime in Britain|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 February 1965|page=X9|access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
*''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' wrote the film had "some mildly funny moments, but most of the jokes are laboriously set up and loudly telegraphed."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/film/rotten-to-the-core-1965 |title=Rotten to the Core|website=Time Out London|access-date=10 March 2014}}</ref>
*''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote Anton Rodgers "shows versatility in four or five characterizations...(But) the Boulting Brothers' knives are less sharp than customary." The film features Charlotte Rampling's first credited performance.<ref name="VarietyCore">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1964/film/reviews/rotten-to-the-core-1200420796/ |title=Rotten to the Core |website=Variety |date=31 December 1964|access-date=10 March 2014|quote=The Boultings put their faith in an unknown girl (Charlotte Rampling) as the Duke’s moll. She is quite easy on the eye but lacks the experience and personality.}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
{{IMDb title|0059660|Rotten to the Core}}

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