Nothing but the Best (Original title)Best of Everything (Working title)
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 16 March 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Clive Donner
Synopsis: Jimmy Brewster is determined to be successful in life. His chance meeting with Charles Prince, a seedy but aristocratic rake, and his access to Charles' advice and monthly pension, contribute to the improvement of his position with his firm and Ann Horton, the director's daughter. When Charles plans to leave Jimmy strangles him and leaves the body locked in a trunk in the cellar. Mrs. March the landlady, knows what has happened but promises to keep quiet if Jimmy visits her regularly. Jimmy asks Ann to marry him and just before the wedding discovers that Charles was Ann's brother. After the honeymoon Jimmy is on his way to a demolition site when he reads a letter from Mrs. March saying she is in South Africa. He realises that his old digs are being pulled down and the body of Charles is discovered. Mrs. March would seem to be the obvious suspect.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 99 mins Length: 8979 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v125 n7 13 Jul 1964 Page: 3
Title: [The Film Daily - v125 n7 13 Jul 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v232 n2 22 Jul 1964 Page: 89
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v232 n2 22 Jul 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Mar 1964 Page: 7
Title: [Variety - 18 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v10 n7 April 1964 Page: 25
Title: [Films and Filming - v10 n7 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2943 27 Feb 1964 Page: 11
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2943 27 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Annunciation v9 n4 April 1964 Page: 16
Title: [Annunciation - v9 n4 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n2 Spring 1964 Page: 96
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n2 Spring 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n363 April 1964 Page: 53
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n363 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8882 28 Feb 1964 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8882 28 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8964 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119542
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-58813
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8949 FeetBFI identifier: C-119544
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 99 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1029858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(2)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:35:39 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-58812
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-58813
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 99 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1029858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(8)
Description: 16mm NegativeBFI identifier: C-119548
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-119543
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8965 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8964 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119542
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8949 FeetBFI identifier: C-119544
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-119546
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-119547
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-119541
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 16 March 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Clive Donner
Synopsis: Jimmy Brewster is determined to be successful in life. His chance meeting with Charles Prince, a seedy but aristocratic rake, and his access to Charles' advice and monthly pension, contribute to the improvement of his position with his firm and Ann Horton, the director's daughter. When Charles plans to leave Jimmy strangles him and leaves the body locked in a trunk in the cellar. Mrs. March the landlady, knows what has happened but promises to keep quiet if Jimmy visits her regularly. Jimmy asks Ann to marry him and just before the wedding discovers that Charles was Ann's brother. After the honeymoon Jimmy is on his way to a demolition site when he reads a letter from Mrs. March saying she is in South Africa. He realises that his old digs are being pulled down and the body of Charles is discovered. Mrs. March would seem to be the obvious suspect.
Genre: Comedy
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 99 mins Length: 8979 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
Production Company: Domino Productions, Producer: David Deutsch, Associate Producer: George Willoughby, Production Manager: Joe Levy, Assistant Director: Peter Price, Personal assistant to the director: Miriam Brickman, Continuity: Helen Whitson, Screenplay: Frederic Raphael, Original short story: Stanley Ellin, Director of Photography: Nicolas Roeg, Camera Operator: Alex Thomson, Chief electrician: Stanley Jodrell, Editor: Fergus McDonell, Production Designer: Reece Pemberton, Set Dresser: Helen Thomas, Costume Designer: Sally Jacobs, Wardrobe mistress: Laura Nightingale, Make-up: George Partleton, Hairstyling: Daphne Martin, Main titles designed: James Baker, Main titles photography: Desmond Russell, Music: Ron Grainer, Sound Recording: Robert Allen, Sound Recording: Len Abbott, Sound Editor: Dino Di Campo
Cast
(32)
Alan Bates (Jimmy Brewster), Denholm Elliott (Charlie Prince), Harry Andrews (Mr. Horton), Millicent Martin (Ann Horton), Pauline Delaney (Mrs. March), Godfrey Quigley (Coates), Alison Leggatt (Mrs. Brewster), Lucinda Curtis (Nadine), Nigel Stock (Ferris), James Villiers (Hugh), Drewe Henley (Denis), Avice Landon (Mrs. Horton), Ernest Clark (Roberts), William Rushton (Gerry), Peter Madden (Ex-Politician), Robert Bruce (Basil), Annika Wills (girl), Alan Rothwell (young man), Angus Mackay (Clergyman), Olive Kirby (the maid Margaret), Howard Lang (Jutson), Donald Pickering (Adrian Slater), Marianne Stone (Horton's secretary), Bernard Levin (himself), The Eagles (the pop group), Diane Appleby ([secretary]), Paul Curran ([Mr. Brewster]), Joe Levine ([taxi driver]), Joanna Morris ([Jimmy's secretary]), June Watts ([waitress]), David Grey ([salesman]), Pattie Boyd ([girl in restaurant])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: British National Film Catalogue v2 1964Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v2 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v125 n7 13 Jul 1964 Page: 3
Title: [The Film Daily - v125 n7 13 Jul 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v232 n2 22 Jul 1964 Page: 89
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v232 n2 22 Jul 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Mar 1964 Page: 7
Title: [Variety - 18 Mar 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v10 n7 April 1964 Page: 25
Title: [Films and Filming - v10 n7 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2943 27 Feb 1964 Page: 11
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2943 27 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Annunciation v9 n4 April 1964 Page: 16
Title: [Annunciation - v9 n4 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Sight and Sound v33 n2 Spring 1964 Page: 96
Title: [Sight and Sound - v33 n2 Spring 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v31 n363 April 1964 Page: 53
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v31 n363 April 1964: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8882 28 Feb 1964 Page: 10
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8882 28 Feb 1964: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(4)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8964 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119542
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-58813
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8949 FeetBFI identifier: C-119544
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 99 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1029858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Digital materials(2)
Description: MOV - LTO5Duration: 01:35:39 minutesProRes 422 (HQ) - BFI identifier: N-58812
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Description: MP4MPEG-4 AVC - BFI identifier: N-58813
Status: Viewing - Digital file is accessible to view within BFI
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 99 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-1029858
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(8)
Description: 16mm NegativeBFI identifier: C-119548
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1963BFI identifier: C-119543
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 8965 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119545
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8964 FeetStock date: 1964BFI identifier: C-119542
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8949 FeetBFI identifier: C-119544
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-119546
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm NegativeBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-119547
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm PositiveBFI identifier: C-119541
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status