The Bespoke Overcoat
1955 | 37m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Jack Clayton |
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| Writer: | Wolf Mankowitz |
| Staring: |
| Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 01, 1955 |
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| Director: | Jack Clayton |
| Writer: | Wolf Mankowitz |
| Genres: | Fantasy, Drama |
| Keywords | funeral, clerk, ghost, coat, clothing store, poor, short film |
| Production Companies | Remus |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 04, 2024 (Update) Entered: May 03, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Kossoff | Morry |
| Alfie Bass | Fender |
| Alan Tilvern | Mr. Ranting |
| Alf Dean | Gravedigger |
| Howard Goorney | Rabbi |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Nikolai Gogol | Short Story |
| Jack Clayton | Director |
| Georges Auric | Music |
| Wolf Mankowitz | Screenplay |
| Anthony Masters | Art Direction |
| Stan Hawkes | Editor |
| Buddy Booth | Assistant Director |
| Ron Robson | Camera Operator |
| Robert Sterne | Production Manager |
| George Frost | Makeup Artist |
| Peter Birch | Sound Recordist |
| Wolfgang Suschitzky | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Clayton | Producer |
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