The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man (1966)

A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.

Date of release
1966-07-15
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Robert Hartford-Davis

Casting

Interesting facts

The Sandwich Man is a 1966 British comedy film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis starring Michael Bentine, with support from a cast of British character actors including Dora Bryan, Harry H. Corbett, Bernard Cribbins, Diana Dors, Norman Wisdom, Terry-Thomas and Ian Hendry. It was written by Hartford-Davis and Bentine. The movie was an unsuccessful attempt to turn Bentine into a film star.

Production

In March 1966 Rank announced it would make nine films with a total cost of £7.5 million of which it would provide £4 million. Two films were financed by Rank completely, a Norman Wisdom movie and a "doctor" comedy (Doctor on Toast which became Doctor in Trouble). The others were The Quiller Memorandum, Deadlier than the Male, Maroc Seven, Red Hot Ferrari (never made), The Fifth Coin (never made), The Battle of Britain and The Long Duel.

The film was the second in a short-lived series of co-productions between the National Film Finance Corporation and Rank. (The first had been Passage of Love which became I Was Happy Here.) It was announced in September 1965.

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