Ghost in the Noonday Sun (Original title)
Date: 1974 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Peter Medak
Synopsis: Dick Scratcher, the cook on a pirate ship, murders the Arabian captain and takes command of the ship. He is also the only person on board who knows the actual location of some buried treasure.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Pirates
Releases
Date: 1984Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: 1974 (Copyright)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Peter Medak
Synopsis: Dick Scratcher, the cook on a pirate ship, murders the Arabian captain and takes command of the ship. He is also the only person on board who knows the actual location of some buried treasure.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Pirates
Releases
Date: 1984Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): English
Credits
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[Director - took over from Peter Medak]: Spike Milligan, ©: Pagalcmer Holdings Ltd, Production Company: World Film Services Ltd., Production Company: Cavalcade Films, Production Company: Heron Service Company, Executive Producer: Thomas Clyde, Executive Producer: Ben Kadish, Produced by: Gareth Wigan, Production Manager: Ted Sturgis, Second Unit Director: Ernest Day, Assistant Director: Derek Cracknell, Continuity: Phyllis Crocker, Casting: Miriam Brickman, Casting: Alan Foenander, Screenplay by: Evan Jones, [Screenplay]: Ernest Tidyman, Additional Dialogue by: Spike Milligan, Based on 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun' by: Sid Fleischman, Director of Photography: Michael Reed, [Director of Photography]: Larry Pizer, Aerial Photography by: Peter Allwork, Camera Operator: Herbert Smith, Gaffer: Nobby Gross, Chief Grip: Dennis Fraser, Special Effects: John Stears, Editor: Ray Lovejoy, Production Designer: John Howell, Art Director: Ted Tester, Property Master: Dave Jordan, Construction Manager: Bill Welch, Costume Designer: Ruth Myers, Wardrobe: Tiny Nicholls, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hairdresser: Michael Jones, Camera and Lenses by: Panavision UK, Music Composed and Arranged by: Denis King, 'The Ballad of Dick Scratcher' Lyric by: Dick Vosburgh, 'The Ballad of Dick Scratcher' Sung by: The Mike Sammes Singers, Musical Director: Harry Rabinowitz, Sound Mixer: Rene Borisewitz, Dubbing Editor: Stan Fiferman, Dubbing Mixer: Gerry Humphreys, Technical Adviser: Spike Milligan, Filmed at: Bray Film Studios, Completed at: Twickenham Film Studios
Cast
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Peter Sellers (Dick Scratcher), Anthony Franciosa (Pierre Rodriguez), Spike Milligan (Billy Bombay), Clive Revill (Bey of Algiers), Peter Boyle (Ras Mohammed), James Villiers (Parsley-Fruck), Richard Willis (Jeremiah), Rosemary Leach (Kate), Thomas Baptiste (Abdullah), Tutte Lemkow (Pontius Kak), Griffith Davies (Omar), David Lodge (Zante), John Hollis (Kanaris), Murray Melvin (Hamidou/British naval officer), Bill Kerr (Giacomo), George Tovey (Jim Stew), Vikki Richards (Arab girl), Paddy Joyce (ballad singer)