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- BFI identifier53477
- Date1979 (Copyright)
1978-09-04 (Production)
1979 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisYork, 1750. A French sailor, known as 'Black Jack', is hanged for murder and his body is claimed by Mrs Gorgandy who sells corpses to doctors. Tolly, a young apprentice, is set to guard the coffin, but he discovers that Black Jack has survived the hanging by pushing a spoon down his throat. The Frenchman makes his escape with Tolly. (NFA Catalogue)
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- Credits
- CastJean Franval ('Black Jack')
Stephen Hirst (Bartholomew 'Tolly' Pickering)
Louise Cooper (Belle Carter)
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Title
Black Jack (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/3E8B-7675-3009-FEE7-4EC1-9Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Novel by Leon Garfield - SCR-4399
Black Jack - Contains papers for 'Black Jack', relating to different stages of production, including scripts, pre-production, production, post-production, distribution and exhibition. [York, 1750. A French sailor, known as 'Black Jack', is hanged for murder and his body is claimed by Mrs Gorgandy who sells corpses to doctors. Tolly, a young apprentice, is set to guard the coffin, but he discovers that Black Jack has survived the hanging by pushing a spoon down his throat. The Frenchman makes his escape with Tolly]. - KCL-13
Press - Contains papers relating to press activity for 'Raining Stones', mainly letters and faxes. Includes: Folder 1 - press cuttings; Folder 2 - creation and sale of stills, includes a schedule for stills photographer, Paul Chedlow; Folder 3 - letters/faxes mainly relating to press actiity, such as attendance at events and interviews, including one with a publicity report, another with the box office figures for the first day of the screening of the film in Belgium. Some letters mention 'Ladybird, Ladybird', and one mentions 'Black Jack'. Included is a letter with questions for Loach, which Loach has answered both in draft and typed. This folder also contains letters to Sally Hibbin from Jim Allen regarding the ticket prices for the gala premiere in Manchester, and a draft letter [author and recipient not specified] regarding the same premiere, stating that "much has been said and printed about the premiere which has been taken out of context" and that the author "would like to make sure that you have the real facts". Folder 4 - papers relating to press statements, press releases and press books, for example, typed biographies or outlines of the film that might be used in the press book. - KCL-23-5-3
view all - StillsPhotograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-4h5
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Photograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-4h3
Photograph: print - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00o-4h2
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-49s
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Work - 53477 - 1979 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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