Rattle of a Simple Man (Original title)
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 01 November 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Muriel Box
Synopsis: Percy Winthram comes to London from Manchester for the Cup Final. After the game he and his companions end the evening in a Soho strip club. Percy is innocent, shy and embarrassed. Ginger bets he won't take a blonde home and sleep with her. Percy, after an agonised moment, accepts. The blonde, who has overheard the bet, accepts too but when they get home Percy's courage fails him. Cyrenne is sympathetic and tells him of her aristocratic background. Impressed, he boasts of his conquests and their mutual trust and liking grows. The illusions are shattered by the intervention of Cyrenne's family and Percy leaves having lost his bet. Unable to bear losing her he stops the departing coach and hurries back with the excuse of getting his rattle.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8590 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1964 (Copyright), 01 November 1964 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Muriel Box
Synopsis: Percy Winthram comes to London from Manchester for the Cup Final. After the game he and his companions end the evening in a Soho strip club. Percy is innocent, shy and embarrassed. Ginger bets he won't take a blonde home and sleep with her. Percy, after an agonised moment, accepts. The blonde, who has overheard the bet, accepts too but when they get home Percy's courage fails him. Cyrenne is sympathetic and tells him of her aristocratic background. Impressed, he boasts of his conquests and their mutual trust and liking grows. The illusions are shattered by the intervention of Cyrenne's family and Percy leaves having lost his bet. Unable to bear losing her he stops the departing coach and hurries back with the excuse of getting his rattle.
Genre: Drama
Releases
Date: 1964Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 95 mins Length: 8590 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company: Martello Film Productions, Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation, A Sydney Box Production: Sydney Box, Producer: William Gell, Production Manager: Al Marcus, [Production Secretary]: Trixie Wilkin, Associate Director: Gerry O'Hara, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Ernie Lewis, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Stephen Victor, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: Robert Lennard, Assistant Casting Director: Judith Jourd, Screenplay based on his original play: Charles Dyer, Director of Photography: Reg Wyer, Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell, [Focus Puller]: Michael Roberts, [Clapper Loader]: Ted Deason, [Stills]: Ronnie Pilgrim, Editor: Frederick Wilson, [Assistant Editor]: Thom Noble, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Lorna Armour, Art Director: Robert Jones, [Assistant Art Director]: Colin Southcott, [Draughtsman]: Terence Knight, Edwin Galligan, [Scenic Artist]: Bill Beavis, Wardrobe Designer: Jocelyn Rickards, Wardrobe Mistress: Jackie Cummins, Make-up: Bob Clark, Hairdresser: Elsie Alder, Music composed and conducted by: Stanley Black, Music played by: The Associated British Studio Orchestra, Recording Director: A.W. Lumkin, Sound Recording: Les Hammond, Sound Recording: Len Shilton, [Sound Camera Operator]: Robin Pratt, [Boom Operator]: Stan Haines, [Boom Assistant]: Ron Conley, [Dubbing Crew]: Len Shilton, [Dubbing Crew]: Bill Rowe, John Hooton, Dubbing Editor: Terry Rawlings, [Publicity]: Alan Thomson, Studio: Associated British Elstree Studios
Cast
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Harry H. Corbett (Percy Winthram), Diane Cilento (Cyrenne Martelli), Michael Medwin (Ginger), Thora Hird (Mrs Winthram), Charles Dyer (Chalky), Hugh Futcher (Ozzie), Carole Gray (district nurse), Brian Wilde (Fred), Barbara Archer (Iris), David Saire (Mario Martelli), Alexander Davion (Ricardo Martelli), John Ronane (Willie), Michael Robbins (George, the organiser), George Roderick (Papa Martelli), Marie Burke (Mama Martelli), Ingrid Anthofer (1st stripper), Karen Kaufman (2nd stripper), Bryan Mosley ([Mr Stratton]), Marianne Stone ([barmaid])