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We're No Angels.


We're No Angels We're No Angels is a 1955 Christmas comedy picture starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, and Leo G. Carroll. It was directed by Michael Curtiz, who had directed Bogart in Casablanca  (Paramount, 1955). Three escaped convicts from Devil's Island Devil’s Island

former French penal colony off French Guiana. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 754]

See : Banishment


Devil’s Island

Guiana island penal colony (1852–1938); Alfred Dreyfus among famous prisoners there. [Fr.
 may not be the sort of guardian angels "Guardian Angels" can refer to:
  • supernatural guides and protectors
  • a volunteer citizen crime patrol, often recognizable by their red berets

 you want dropping in for the Christmas holidays--especially if one of them keeps misplacing his pet viper.

Still, shopkeeper Felix Ducotel (Leo Leo, in astronomy
Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
 G. Carroll) and family soon discover that while Joseph, Albert, and Julius (Humphrey Bogart, Aldo Ray, and Peter Ustinov) are a little rough around the edges, they make much nicer houseguests than evil uncle Andre (Basil Rathbone) and conniving cousin Paul John Baer). Indeed, these charming felons seem to have a knack for making problems disappear in the most timely fashion. ***
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Title Annotation:McCormick's Quick Takes On Christmas Movies
Publication:U.S. Catholic
Article Type:Movie Review
Date:Dec 1, 2004
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