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James Robertson Justice: What's the Bleeding-Time?

Authors: James Hogg, Robert Sellers, Howard Watson
Creator: H.r.h The Duke Of Edinburg
Publisher: Tomahawk Press
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 16769

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 207
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.6 x 0.5

ISBN: 0953192679
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780953192670
ASIN: 0953192679

Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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2 out of 5 stars

An injustice to a master of spoken English July 18, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful

As a fan of James Robertson Justice for over fifty years I was delighted to read a review of this new biography in "The Oldie" magazine and promptly put it on my birthday wish list. But what a disappointment - not the man's life, but the way his story is told. The book is full of basic grammatical, spelling and punctuation errors - such an irritant when Justice himself used our language so well. Lynne Truss will have a field day with it. And why three authors - plus an editor? Maybe that's the problem - that the biography was written by a committee.

5 out of 5 stars

Unique July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I was always fascinated by the big man as he was the first person "off the telly" I ever met way back in 1968 when he was a guest at an Hotel my parents were running he rounded a corner and I aged seven and fairly fresh from watching "Scott of the Antartic" nearly head butted his knee as I flew headlong down the corridor to the kitchens, "Slow down child!" roared this giant of a man, both terrifying and amazing me at the same time. I saw him once or twice more in the next few days and although I stayed out of his way he was as my Mother recalls a gentleman and very polite. I enjoyed this book it was written with affection and respect without being cloying and sentimental, I expect had more of his contempories still been with us it may have contained more in the way of anecdotes but this is a job well done and a fitting tribute to one of our most unique and much missed screen presences. Thank you.

5 out of 5 stars

James Robertson Justice: What's the Bleeding - Time? June 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

A well researched and written book on one of Britains leading comedy actors. A well deserved pat on the back Hoggers.

5 out of 5 stars

Great Read May 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book is one of those rare books that made it difficult for me to put it down, JRJ had many jobs and interests and he never classed himself as an actor, he said he never acted just played himself on screen and thankfully this book focuses more on the man and not the movies, what a life he had, well worth reading and I strongly recommend this book.

3 out of 5 stars

Sub judice April 3, 2008
6 out of 10 found this review helpful

Credit must go to the authors for undertaking a study of one of the most memorable players the British cinema ever saw.

It's undoubtedly an enjoyable read but it is also flimsy and quite disappointing on details of the films JRJ made.

So whilst we are given lots of details on JRJ's country pursuits and love of all things Caledonian, the work he did and is famous for is often overlooked.

There's also a tendency on the part of the author(s) to go into extraneous detail: eg JRJ made a film with Valerie Hobson so then we get a paragraph about her future career, Jack Profumo and the infamous scandal, and then what he did after he was sacked! This happens all the time, and you get the effect that JRJ is a supporting player in his own book...

I wanted to know why JRJ ended up penniless, what happened on his occasional forays into Hollywood, why he started working in Europe in the early 60s and what his legacy as an actor was. You'll have to read between the lines to discover that here.

I don't want to sound too harsh as I did enjoy the book but I think it was a missed opportunity.