Make Me an Offer!

Make Me an Offer! (1954)

A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.

Date of release
1954-12-08
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Cyril Frankel

Casting

Interesting facts

Make Me an Offer is a 1954 Eastmancolor British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Rosalie Crutchley and Finlay Currie. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Wolf Mankowitz. It was distributed by British Lion Films.

Production

Make Me an Offer was Wolf Mankowitz's first novel and was autobiographical – he had been an antique dealer since 1947. The book became a best seller.

It was Peter Finch's first starring role in a British film. In April 1954 Diane Cilento was announced as his co-star but she does not appear in the final film, being replaced by Rosalind Crutchley.

Filming started 22 April 1954 at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Denis Wreford. They had the film finished by August 1954 when Finch called it:

Without a doubt the best film I've ever acted in. It is adult. One might say, if one weren't a little frightened of using words, truly artistic. It is the longest part I've ever had, since I'm in every scene but one. So if anyone takes a dislike to me in the first five minutes, he is in for a bad evening. Director Cyril Frankel is. I think, one of the most able and most stimulating directors I've ever worked for.

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