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Bartleby (Original title)
Date: 1970 (Copyright)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Anthony Friedmann

Synopsis: Bartleby, a young audit clerk, is defeated by the pressures of modern life; he gradually opts out of all forms of social contact and withdraws into his own world.

Genre:
Drama
Releases
Date: March 1971Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 79 mins Length: 7073 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (28)
©: Pantheon Film Productions Ltd, Presents: Pantheon Film Productions, A Corinth Films release: Corinth Films, Produced by: Rodney Carr-Smith, Anthony Friedmann, Production Manager: Bryan Coates, 1st Assistant Director: Malcolm Johnson, Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Casting: James Liggat, Screenplay by: Anthony Friedmann, Rodney Carr-Smith, Based on the story by: Herman Melville, Director of Photography: Ian Wilson, Camera Operator: Ronnie Maasz, Focus Puller: John Crawford, Editor: John S. Smith, Art Director: Simon Holland, Wardrobe: Mary Gibson, Make-up Artist: Jim Hyde, Hairdresser: Ivy Emmerson, Jan Wadeson, Music by: Roger Webb, Sound Recordist: Barrie Copeland, Boom Operator: Brian Johnson, Dubbing Mixer: Hugh Strain, Sound Editor: Ron Sheffield, Made at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast (13)
Paul Scofield (the accountant), John McEnery (Bartleby), Colin Jeavons (Tucker), Raymond Mason (landlord), Charles Kinross (tenant), Neville Barber (first client), Robin Askwith (office boy), Hope Jackman (Hilda, the tea-lady), John Watson (doctor), Christine Dingle (patient), Rosalind Elliot (secretary), Tony Parkin (clerk), Thorley Walters (the colleague)