The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man (1964)

A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.

Data di uscita
1964-09-03
TMDB
7.1 / 10 (8)
Durata
1 h 32 min
Generi
Dramma
Regista
Alvin Rakoff

Cast

Curiosità

The Comedy Man is a 1964 British kitchen sink realism drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw. It depicts the life of a struggling actor in Swinging London.

Production

Kenneth More wrote in his memoirs that he was not being offered any film scripts when he was sent this script by an American producer, Hal Chester. More later recalled: "I read the script and was profoundly struck by its relevance to my own life, and to the lives of so many actors I had known." More said that he took the part "against the advice of my agent, my friends, everybody. I even had to put money into the film. But it was worth it."

More did not get along with Hal Chester, who he felt cut important scenes from the film, but he enjoyed playing the role. During filming More had an affair with Angela Douglas, who plays his girlfriend in the film. He later left his wife to marry Douglas.

Filming took place in February and March 1963. More said that "the public won't accept me as a stevedore or as a Liverpool truck driver, so I've been prevented until now from making a realistic subject, although its something that I've been longing to do".

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