Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
| Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher | |
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| Directed by | John Krish |
| Produced by | Ivan Foxwell |
| Written by | Ivan Foxwell Alan Hackney Hugh Whitemore |
| Based on | Decline and Fall 1928 novel by Evelyn Waugh |
| Starring | Robin Phillips Donald Wolfit Geneviève Page Felix Aylmer Colin Blakely |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
| Edited by | Archie Ludski |
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Production
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Ivan Foxwell Productions
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| Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
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Running time
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113 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,970,000 |
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher is a 1968 De Luxe British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Robin Phillips, Geneviève Page and Donald Wolfit.[1] It is an adaptation of the novel Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh.
The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.[2]
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Plot summary
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself expelled after a gang of drunken freshmen remove his pants and he is accused of exposing himself to a girl. Looking for work, he retains the services of an unsavory employment agency that secures a position for him at a sleazy Welsh boarding school for boys, presided over by the colorful Dr. Fagan. On staff at the school are an assortment of distasteful screwballs; Mr. Prendergast is a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes is a one-legged two-timer with his eye on Fagan's daughter, Flossie; and Soloman Philbrick is an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler.
Cast
- Robin Phillips as Paul Pennyfeather
- Donald Wolfit as Doctor Augustus Fagan
- Geneviève Page as Margot Beste-Chetwynde
- Colin Blakely as Solomon Philbrick
- Felix Aylmer as Judge
- Robert Harris as Prendergast
- Leo McKern as Captain Grimes
- Patrick Magee as Maniac
- Donald Sinden as Prison Governor
- Griffith Jones as Sir Humphrey Maltravers
- Paul Rogers as Chief Warder
- Rodney Bewes as Arthur Potts
- Patience Collier as Flossie Fagan
- Kenneth Griffith as Mr Church
References
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- ↑ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at IMDb
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at AllMovie
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at the TCM Movie Database
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher at the American Film Institute Catalog
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