Cast & Crew

Directed by

Basil Dearden

Writing Credits

William Rose
(original story)
William Rose
(screenplay) and
John Eldridge
(screenplay)

Cast

Virginia McKenna
Jean Spenser
Bill Travers
Matt Spenser
Margaret Rutherford
Mrs. Fazackalee
Peter Sellers
Percy Quill
Bernard Miles
Old Tom
Francis De Wolff
Albert Hardcastle
Leslie Phillips
Robin Carter
June Cunningham
Marlene Hogg
Sidney James
Mr. Hogg
George Cross
Commissionaire
George Cormack
Sam Bell
Stringer Davis
Fred Emmett
Michael Corcoran
Taxi Driver
The Blake Twins
Cast Members
Terry Burton
The First Customer
John Bush
Cast Member
Ted Carroll
Bijou Cinema Patron
Jimmy Charters
Bijou Cinema Patron
Marian Collins
Ice-Cream Girl
Peter Copley
Hank in 'The Mystery of Hell Valley'
Mario Fabrizi
Actor in 'The Mystery of Hell Valley'
Ernest Fennemore
Bijou Cinema Patron
Liz Fraser
Girl in Cinema
Otto Friese
Pub Patron
David Gregory
Disruptive Youth in Bijou Cinema
Frazer Hines
Cast Member
Richard Jacques
Man Delivering Newsreel
Frank Launder
Man in Grand Cinema
Billy Lawrence
Cast Member
Leonard Llewellyn
Restaurant Patron
Alf Mangan
Bijou Cinema Patron
Louis Matto
Bijou Cinema Patron
Jack May
Man in Cinema
Manny Michael
Bijou Cinema Patron
Bill Nagy
Actor in 'The Devil Riders of Parched Point'
John Pike
Cast Member
John Preston
Man
Ernie Priest
Man looking at Front-of-house Stills
June Ramsay
Distracted Girl
Trevor Reid
Doctor
Lynne Roberts
Cast Member
Michael Scoble
Cast Member
Jack Sharp
Man in Line at Grand
Jeff Silk
Bijou Cinema Patron
John Slavid
Johnny
Leslie Slysz
Cast Member
George Spence
Bijou Cinema Patron
Barry Steele
Boyfriend in Cinema
Audrey Sykes
Mavis
Alma Taylor
Grand Cinema Patron
Robert Vossler
Grand Cinema Patron
June West
Bijou Cinema Patron
Meadows White
Sloughborough Ticket Collector
Johnny Wyne
Barman
Doris Yorke
Undetermined Role

Produced by

Leslie Gilliat
associate producer
Sidney Gilliat
executive producer (uncredited)
Frank Launder
executive producer (uncredited)
Michael Relph
producer

Music by

William Alwyn

Cinematography by

Douglas Slocombe
director of photography

Editing by

Oswald Hafenrichter

Art Direction by

Allan Harris

Costume Design by

Anthony Mendleson
dress designer

Makeup Department

Hilda Fox
hairdresser
Harry Frampton
makeup artist

Production Management

John Pellatt
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Eddie Pike
assistant director
John Meadows
second assistant director (uncredited)
Claude Watson
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

John Earl
draughtsman (uncredited)
Roy Walker
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Buster Ambler
sound recordist
Arthur Cox
dubbing editor
John Cox
sound supervisor
Bob Jones
sound recordist
John Aldred
dubbing crew (uncredited)
Jimmy Dooley
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Ken Ritchie
boom operator (uncredited)
Eric Vincent
sound maintenance (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Bob Cuff
special effects (as R. Cuff)
Wally Veevers
special effects

Visual Effects by

Bob Cuff
matte painter (uncredited)
George Samuels
special processes (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Jeff Seaholme
camera operator
Paddy Aherne
focus puller (uncredited)
Ron Drinkwater
focus puller (uncredited)
Norman Hargood
still photographer (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Guy Ambler
second assistant editor (uncredited)
Alan Corder
second assistant editor (uncredited)
Eileen Daines
second assistant editor (uncredited)
Alban Streeter
assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Muir Mathieson
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Jane Buck
continuity

Additional Crew

Sidney Gilliat
presenter
Frank Launder
presenter
Robin Grocott
publicity director (uncredited)
Michael Stevenson
production runner (uncredited)
Jean Williams
production secretary (uncredited)
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