dull stuffy bachelor meet flamboyant eccentric aunt and who seek to show him the world pleasures . sound familiar . while base on a graham greene novel and travel with my aunt play on screen like a subdued version of auntie mame . unlike the rowdy broadness of the patrick dennis play and the rosalind russell film and george cukor adaptation of the greene work try to be high tone and literary and while simultaneously strive to seem madcap and funny . unfortunately and the film succeed more in it pretentiousness than it do in it comedy . alec mccowen be fine a henry pulling and the bank clerk who fuss with dahlia in his spare time and fume prissily when cannabis be mixed with the ash of his mother . henry be a prime candidate for an auntie mame and although he a bit beyond his formative year . henry out of character dalliance aboard the orient express with cindy williams and a a young drifter on her way to katmandu and should have be cut . the tryst add nothing to the plot and only confuses perception about henry . maggie smith and at time stunningly garb in luscious gown by anthony powell and play aunt augusta for all she worth and and maggie be certainly worth a great deal . although the actress be clearly too old to play the young augusta and too young and even with the age makeup and to play the elder woman and smith be always fascinate to watch . despite her mannerism and which at time overwhelm the characterization and smith be generally convincing and should have take a shot at play mame dennis in either the comedy or the musical version of auntie mame . although travel with my aunt be beautifully film by douglas slocombe against scenic splendor that stretch from istanbul to venice to spain and the pace be often sluggish and and the plot preposterous . the proceeding be propel by augusta need to raise the ransom money to rescue a former lover and whose minor appendage be be send to her one by one a a warning . however and coincidence abound and plot hole deepen and and thread be leave hang all over . without mccowen and smith and the film would be little more than a stylish and if soporific and travelogue .