Nothing but the Best is a 1964 British black comedy film directed by Clive Donner and starring Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews and Millicent Martin.

In return for a room to live in and loans for drink and betting, Charles agrees to tutor James in the life skills which he thinks are necessary to succeed.

Ann's father confesses that he has a totally disreputable son who they never see called Charles, and developers who have bought the house of Mrs. March find a corpse in the cellar.

According to Raphael "since Clive had gone into the movie business as an apprentice, his ascent had something in common with that of my script’s James Brewster, who... was bent on mounting the slippery pole of modern success.

Denholm Elliott plays the 1960s remittance man in rich style, achieving precisely the right suggestion of a mannered insolence still intact, but beginning to fray badly at the edges.

...The director gets admirable performances from Alan Bates, as the blandly ruthless hero, Harry Andrews as his father-in-law and Pauline Delany as his cat-hugging landlady.

"[9] British film critic Leslie Halliwell said: "Hard, skilful, rather unattractive comedy with interesting social comments on its time.

Alan Bates is splendid as a working-class wannabe, but Denholm Elliott steals every scene as an indolent aristocrat who tutors him in the delicate art of being a cad.