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The Man Who Liked Funerals (Original title)
Date: 1958 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: David Eady

Synopsis: Comedy dealing with unorthodox methods used by publisher's printer to raise funds for boy's club.

Genre:
Comedy
Credits (28)
Production Company: Penington-Eady Productions, Producer: Jon Penington, Production Manager: Jacques de Lane Lea, Production Secretary: Ann Dalgarno, 1st Assistant Director: Luciano Sacripanti, 2nd Assistant Director: John Roddick, Continuity: Yvonne Richards, Casting Director: Harry Fine, Script: Margot Bennett, Original story: Joan O'Connor, Cecily Finn, Photography: Eric Cross, Camera Operator: Jack Lowin, Focus Puller: Manny Yospa, Clapper/Loader: Peter Burke, Still Cameraman: Cyril Stanborough, Editor: John Seabourne, 1st Assistant Editor: Brenda Taylor, 2nd Assistant Editor: Gillian Scott, Art Director: Ray Simm, Draughtsman: Martin Atkinson, Music: Edwin Astley, Sound Recordist: Bill Bulkley, Sound: Brenda Taylor, Boom Operator: Kevin Sutton, Sound Camera Operator: Harry Tate, Dubbing Crew: Anvil Films
Cast (14)
Leslie Phillips (Simon), Bill Fraser (Jeremy Bentham), Susan Beaumont (Stella), Anita Sharp-Bolster (Lady Hunter), Jimmy Thompson (Lt. Hunter), Charles Clay (Col. Hunter), Mary Mackenzie (Hester Waring), Alastair Hunter (Communist Party Leader), Hester Paton-Brown (Senior Mistress), Thelma Ruby (Junior Mistress), Shaun O'Riordan (Rev. Pitt), Lily Lapidus (Ma Morelli), Paul Stassino (Nick Morelli), Howard Vaughan