Next to No Time! (Original title)Next to No Time (Help search title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 29 September 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy. David Webb is a planning engineer whose ingenious new efficiency design for industry promises to be a big success. The board of the company he works for hope to secure the necessary extra financing from the wealthy businessman Sir Godfrey Cowan. Sir Godfrey is about to sail to New York aboard the "Queen Elizabeth" to make a deal with a rival firm, so Webb finds himself aboard, with the duration of the voyage to persuade Sir Godfrey to fund his design. One snag is that Webb always clams up when given the chance to explain his ideas to his bosses, and another is that he does not know what Sir Godfrey looks like. During the trip, the barman explains to Webb that the ship's clocks stop each each midnight, and one hour is 'lost', as they travel into the next time zone. As if by magic, during this hour 'outside time', Webb loses his inhibitions and can talk to anyone, dance, play the fool, run an auction, explain his plans and act as boldly as he likes. This wins him the friendship of fellow passengers like the glamorous American film star Georgia Brent, but it gets him into trouble with Sir Godfrey.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Engineering, Meetings, Introversion, Greenwich mean time
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8337 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2659 31 Jul 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8034 28 Jul 1958 Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8034 28 Jul 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v5 n1 October 1958 Page: 27
Title: [Films and Filming - v5 n1 October 1958: no known title]Language: English
Description: Script extract.
In: Variety 20 Aug 1958
Title: [Variety - 20 Aug 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v4 n12 September 1958 Page: 21
Title: [Films and Filming - v4 n12 September 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n296 September 1958 Page: 111
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n296 September 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 319
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8277 FeetBFI identifier: C-117427
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 29 September 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Henry Cornelius
Synopsis: Comedy. David Webb is a planning engineer whose ingenious new efficiency design for industry promises to be a big success. The board of the company he works for hope to secure the necessary extra financing from the wealthy businessman Sir Godfrey Cowan. Sir Godfrey is about to sail to New York aboard the "Queen Elizabeth" to make a deal with a rival firm, so Webb finds himself aboard, with the duration of the voyage to persuade Sir Godfrey to fund his design. One snag is that Webb always clams up when given the chance to explain his ideas to his bosses, and another is that he does not know what Sir Godfrey looks like. During the trip, the barman explains to Webb that the ship's clocks stop each each midnight, and one hour is 'lost', as they travel into the next time zone. As if by magic, during this hour 'outside time', Webb loses his inhibitions and can talk to anyone, dance, play the fool, run an auction, explain his plans and act as boldly as he likes. This wins him the friendship of fellow passengers like the glamorous American film star Georgia Brent, but it gets him into trouble with Sir Godfrey.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Engineering, Meetings, Introversion, Greenwich mean time
Releases
Date: 1958Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8337 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(32)
©: Montpelier Films, Made in association with: British Lion Films, Produced by: Albert Fennell, Production Manager: James Ware, Assistant Director: Ronald Spencer, Continuity: Doreen Francis, Casting: Thelma Graves, Written by: Henry Cornelius, From the story 'The Enchanted Hour' by: Paul Gallico, Director of Photography: Freddie Francis, Camera Operator: Ron Taylor, Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Editor: Peter Hunt, Art Director: Wilfrid Shingleton, Art Director: W.E. Hutchinson, Dress Designer: Marjory Cornelius, Furs by: Lucas of Bond Street, Wardrobe: Betty Adamson, Make-up: Ernie Gasser, Hairdressing: Gordon Bond, Filmed in: Eastmancolor, Music Composed by: Georges Auric, [Music] Played by: Sinfonia of London, [Music] Directed by: Muir Mathieson, Choreographer: Tutte Lemkow, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: S.T. Ambler, Sound Recording: Red Law, Dubbing Editor: Peter Musgrave, [Post-synchronization]: Peter T. Davies, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Kenneth More (David Webb), Betsy Drake (Georgia Brent), Roland Culver (Sir Godfrey Cowan), Harry Green (Saul Wiener), Patrick Barr (Jerry Lane), Maureen Connell (Mary), Reginald Beckwith (Warren, Sir Godfrey's secretary), John Welsh (Steve, the barman), Bessie Love (Becky Wiener), Howard Marion Crawford (Hobbs), Clive Morton (Wallis), Raymond Huntley (factory supervisor), Eleanore Bryan (Susie), Irene Handl (greengrocer), John Laurie (Abercrombie, Scottish director), Sidney James (cabin steward), Ferdy Mayne (Mario), Rupert Davies (auction organiser), Shandra Walden (Hester), Yvonne Buckingham (Mario's girlfriend), Valerie Buckley (American girl), Jacqueline Haskins, Paul Cole (American boy), Iris Jean, Avril Kapps, Christine Roberts
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(7)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2659 31 Jul 1958 Page: 16Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2659 31 Jul 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8034 28 Jul 1958 Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8034 28 Jul 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v5 n1 October 1958 Page: 27
Title: [Films and Filming - v5 n1 October 1958: no known title]Language: English
Description: Script extract.
In: Variety 20 Aug 1958
Title: [Variety - 20 Aug 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Films and Filming v4 n12 September 1958 Page: 21
Title: [Films and Filming - v4 n12 September 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n296 September 1958 Page: 111
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n296 September 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 319
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Film materials(2)
Description: 16mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 3260 FeetBFI identifier: C-961193
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8277 FeetBFI identifier: C-117427
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film