The Rebel (Original title)Call Me Genius (Alternative title)
Dates: 1960 (Copyright), 20 March 1961 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Story of an office worker, an ardent painter in his spare time, who revolts against the city regime and flees to the Left Bank of Paris to find freedom and the gay life in the artists' quarter.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Painters (fine art), Paris
Title: Tony Hancock and the cultural landscapes of post-war BritainAuthor: WALL, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the cultural shifts taking place in Great Britain in the 1950s and the response to the anxiety such changes brought about in society through the work of Tony Hancock; highlighting ideas of inclusion and exclusion
In: Empire n168 June 2003 Page: 143
Title: RWDAuthor: [DP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: A DVD double-disc of The REBEL and The PUNCH AND JUDY MAN starring Tony Hancock.
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 62
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n3 March 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note: included with THE PUNCH AND JUDY MAN
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 61
Title: The Unlikely LadsArticle type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson recollect working with Tony Hancock and George Sanders on THE REBEL.
In: Variety 15 Mar 1961
Title: [Variety - 15 Mar 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v28 n326 March 1961 Page: 33
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v28 n326 March 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2783 2 Feb 1961 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2783 2 Feb 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8415 1 Feb 1961 Page: 11
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8415 1 Feb 1961: no known title]Language: English
Author: FRAYLING, Christopher Pages: xiii, 210 p.
Title: Art and artists on screen
Author: WALKER, John A. Pages: v-viii, 226p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1029761
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1029761
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376197
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(9)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-134563
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-699911
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-134565
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9444 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-134560
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9401 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-134561
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-134564
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9477 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-1145239
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221656
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Negative and PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 350 FeetBFI identifier: C-134562
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1960 (Copyright), 20 March 1961 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Day
Synopsis: Story of an office worker, an ardent painter in his spare time, who revolts against the city regime and flees to the Left Bank of Paris to find freedom and the gay life in the artists' quarter.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Painters (fine art), Paris
Credits
(64)
Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation, Produced by: W.A. Whittaker, Production Manager: R.E. Dearing, [Production Secretary]: Jean Clarkson, Carole Conway, Assistant Director: Kip Gowans, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: Gordon Gilbert, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Bernard Williams, Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Casting Director: Robert Lennard, [Crowd Casting]: Etienne Bonnichon, Scenario Editor: Frederick Gotfurt, Screenplay by: Alan Simpson, Ray Galton, Based on an original story by: Tony Hancock, Based on an original story by: Alan Simpson, Ray Galton, Director of Photography: Gilbert Taylor, [2nd Unit Director of Photography]: Lionel Banes, Camera Operator: Val Stewart, [Camera Operator (2nd Unit)]: Brian West, Brian Elvin, [Focus Puller]: Kelvin Pike, [Clapper Loader]: Jimmy Stilwell, [Supervising Chargehand Electrician]: Stephen Birtles, [Chargehand Electrician]: Leslie Riley, [Grips]: R. Osborn, [Stills]: George Higgins, Film Editor: Richard Best, [Assistant Editor]: Eve Catchpole, [Assistant Editor (2nd)]: Peter Lennard, Art Director: Robert Jones, Set Decorations by: Scott Slyman, Paul's Paintings by: Alistair Grant, [Draughtsman]: Ron Benton, Alan Tomkins, [Scenic Artist]: Bill Beavis, [Props Buyer]: Dudley May, Miss Saad's Dresses by: Alan Sieveright, Wardrobe: Dora Lloyd, Make-up: Tony Sforzini, Hairdressing: Ivy Emmerton, [Hairdresser]: Polly Young, Titles Designed by: James Baker, Music by: Frank Cordell, [Music] Played by: The Associated British Studio Orchestra, Musical Director: Stanley Black, Recording Director: A.W. Lumkin, Sound Recordist: Leonard Abbott, Len Shilton, [Sound Camera Operator]: Stan Samworth, Bill Wayland, [Boom Operator]: Bill Cook, [Sound Maintenance]: Les Grimmell, [Dubbing Crew]: Len Shilton, [Dubbing Crew]: Bill Rowe, [Dubbing Crew]: J. Houten, Robin Gregory, Dubbing Editor: Arthur Southgate, [Assistant Dubbing Editor]: Angie Ibbetson, [Unit Press Representative]: Edna Tromans, [Publicity Director]: Alan Thomson, Studio: Associated British Elstree Studios
Cast
(27)
Tony Hancock (Anthony Hancock), George Sanders (Sir Charles Brewer), Paul Massie (Paul), Margit Saad (Margot Carreras), Gregoire Aslan (Carreras), Dennis Price (Jim Smith), Irene Handl (Mrs Cora Crevatte), John Le Mesurier (office manager), Liz Fraser (waitress), Mervyn Johns (London art gallery manager), Peter Bull (Paris art gallery manager), Nanette Newman (Josey), Marie Burke (Madame Laurent), Bernard Rebel (art dealer), Sandor Eles, Oliver Reed, Garry Cockerill, Neville Becker (artist), Marie Devereux (Yvette), John Wood (poet), Victor Platt (dock official), Mario Fabrizi (coffee bar attendant), Barry Shawzin (bistro owner), Hugh Lloyd ([man on train]), Dido Plum ([Yogi guest]), Middleton Woods ([art gallery guide]), Patrick Newell ([man in art London art gallery])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(8)
In: Journal of British Cinema and Television v4 n2 2007 Pages: 235-252Title: Tony Hancock and the cultural landscapes of post-war BritainAuthor: WALL, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Examines the cultural shifts taking place in Great Britain in the 1950s and the response to the anxiety such changes brought about in society through the work of Tony Hancock; highlighting ideas of inclusion and exclusion
In: Empire n168 June 2003 Page: 143
Title: RWDAuthor: [DP] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
Description: A DVD double-disc of The REBEL and The PUNCH AND JUDY MAN starring Tony Hancock.
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 62
Title: [Sight and Sound - v4 n3 March 1994: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note: included with THE PUNCH AND JUDY MAN
In: Sight and Sound v4 n3 March 1994 Page: 61
Title: The Unlikely LadsArticle type: InterviewLanguage: English
Description: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson recollect working with Tony Hancock and George Sanders on THE REBEL.
In: Variety 15 Mar 1961
Title: [Variety - 15 Mar 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v28 n326 March 1961 Page: 33
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v28 n326 March 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2783 2 Feb 1961 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2783 2 Feb 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8415 1 Feb 1961 Page: 11
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8415 1 Feb 1961: no known title]Language: English
Books held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
Title: Design and popular entertainmentAuthor: FRAYLING, Christopher Pages: xiii, 210 p.
Title: Art and artists on screen
Author: WALKER, John A. Pages: v-viii, 226p.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(11)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1029761
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1029761
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: N-376197
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Film materials(9)
Description: PositiveBFI identifier: C-134563
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Base: SafetyBFI identifier: C-699911
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-134565
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 9444 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-134560
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: AcetateSound: CombinedLength: 9401 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-134561
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedStock date: 1961BFI identifier: C-134564
Status: Master - Restricted access to film on loan to BFI
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 9477 FeetStock date: 1960BFI identifier: C-1145239
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1221656
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Negative and PositiveBase: NitrateSound: SoundLength: 350 FeetBFI identifier: C-134562
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film