The Jokers (Original title)Crescendo (Working title)
Dates: 1966 (Copyright), 09 July 1967 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael Winner
Synopsis: Comedy of a plot dreamed up by two brothers to steal the Crown Jewels. It succeeds but one brother betrays the other.
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Subject: Robberies
Releases
Date: June 1967Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8460 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v5 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v18 n6 Jun/Jul 1967 Page: 368
Title: [Films in Review - v18 n6 Jun/Jul 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9380 14 Jun 1967 Page: 12
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9380 14 Jun 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v130 n79 25 Apr 1967 Page: 4
Title: [The Film Daily - v130 n79 25 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 26 Apr 1967
Title: [Variety - 26 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v34 n403 August 1967 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v34 n403 August 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3114 17 Jun 1967 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3114 17 Jun 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v195 n29 25 Apr 1967 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v195 n29 25 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v237 n17 26 Apr 1967 Page: 679
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v237 n17 26 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: London Life 10 Sep 1966 Page: 14
Title: [London Life - 10 Sep 1966: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3323 FeetBFI identifier: C-602991
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3364 FeetBFI identifier: C-811779
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3323 FeetBFI identifier: C-602991
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1966BFI identifier: N-420417
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1966 (Copyright), 09 July 1967 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Michael Winner
Synopsis: Comedy of a plot dreamed up by two brothers to steal the Crown Jewels. It succeeds but one brother betrays the other.
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Subject: Robberies
Releases
Date: June 1967Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - MonoRuntime: 94 mins Length: 8460 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Credits
(32)
©: Adastra Film Productions, A Gildor-Scimitar production: Gildor Films, Scimitar Films, Produced by: Adastra Film Productions, Presents: Rank Film Distributors, Produced by: Ben Arbeid, Maurice Foster, Production Manager: Patrick Marsden, Production Supervisor: Fred Hymns, Location Manager: Timothy Pitt Miller, Assistant Director: Kenneth Softley, Continuity: Doreen Dearnally, Screenplay by: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, From an original story by: Michael Winner, Director of Photography: Kenneth Hodges, Camera Operator: Herbert Smith, [Special Effects Supervisor]: Ron Ballinger, [Special Effects]: Garth Inns, Jimmy Harris, Editor: Bernard Gribble, Art Director: John Blezard, Miss Licudi's Costumes by: Tony Armstrong, Wardrobe: John Brady, Make-up: Jim Hyde, Hairdressing: Jeanette Freeman, Music Composed and Conducted by: Johnny Pearson, Music conducted by: Johnny Pearson, Sound: John Purchese, Sound: Hugh Strain, Sound Editor: Terry Rawlings
Cast
(38)
Michael Crawford (Michael), Oliver Reed (David), Harry Andrews (Marryatt), James Donald (Colonel Gurney-Simms), Michael Hordern (Sir Matthew), Daniel Massey (Riggs), Gabriella Licudi (Eve), Lotte Tarp (Inge), Michael Goodliffe (Lieutenant-Colonel Paling), Rachel Kempson (Mrs Tremayne), William Mervyn (Uncle Edward), Freda Jackson (Mrs Pervis), Peter Graves (Mr Tremayne), Warren Mitchell (Lennie), Frank Finlay (harassed man at customs), Brian Wilde (Catchpole), Ingrid Brett (Sarah), William Kendall (Major General Jeffcock), Edward Fox (Lieutenant Sprague), Mark Burns (Captain Browning), Basil Dignam (David's bank manager), Kenneth Colley (De Winter), Eric Thompson, William Devlin (brigadier), Peter Gilmore, Nicky Henson, Julian Holloway (partygoer), Charlotte Curzon ([Camilla]), Brook Williams ([Captain Green]), Brian Peck ([speedcop]), John Kidd ([David's solicitor]), Nan Munro ([Mrs Jeffcock]), Peter Copley ([defence lawyer]), Anthony Sharp ([prosecuting lawyer]), Marianne Stone ([woman in scarf]), Nikki van der Zyl ([dubbed voice of Eve]), Edward Heath, Harold Wilson ([himself - archive footage])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(10)
In: British National Film Catalogue v5 1967Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v5 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Films in Review v18 n6 Jun/Jul 1967 Page: 368
Title: [Films in Review - v18 n6 Jun/Jul 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9380 14 Jun 1967 Page: 12
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9380 14 Jun 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Film Daily v130 n79 25 Apr 1967 Page: 4
Title: [The Film Daily - v130 n79 25 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 26 Apr 1967
Title: [Variety - 26 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v34 n403 August 1967 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v34 n403 August 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3114 17 Jun 1967 Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3114 17 Jun 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v195 n29 25 Apr 1967 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v195 n29 25 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: Motion Picture Herald v237 n17 26 Apr 1967 Page: 679
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v237 n17 26 Apr 1967: no known title]Language: English
In: London Life 10 Sep 1966 Page: 14
Title: [London Life - 10 Sep 1966: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3323 FeetBFI identifier: C-602991
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(3)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3364 FeetBFI identifier: C-811779
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3323 FeetBFI identifier: C-602991
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1966BFI identifier: N-420417
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film