Stop the World: I Want to Get Off
1966 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Philip Saville |
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| Writer: | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley |
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| The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life. Like the play, the film is staged impressionistically, with Newley decked out in mime makeup and periodically stopping the action to address the audience, and with all the women in his life -- German, American and "Typically English" -- played by a single actress (Millicent Martin, taking over from the stage version's Anna Quayle). In Wizard of Oz fashion, the play itself is lensed in color, while the brief prologue, showing the actors preparing for their performance, is in black-and-white. The production includes such standards (and perennial audition pieces) as What Kind of Fool Am I? and Gonna Build a Mountain. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 25, 1966 |
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| Director: | Philip Saville |
| Writer: | Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley |
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| Keywords | based on play or musical |
| Production Companies | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 21, 2026 Entered: May 12, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Tony Tanner | Little Chap |
| Millicent Martin | Evie / Anya / Ara / Ginnie |
| Leila Croft | Susan |
| Valerie Croft | Jane |
| Neil Hawley | Little Little Chap |
| Name | Job |
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| Rebecca Breed | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Philip Saville | Director |
| Leslie Bricusse | Writer, Songs, Lyricist |
| Anthony Newley | Writer, Songs, Lyricist |
| Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Al Ham | Original Music Composer |
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