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The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)

Genre : Drama, Fantasy

Runtime : 37M

Director : Jack Clayton
Writer : Wolf Mankowitz

Synopsis

Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life.

Actors

David Kossoff
David Kossoff
Morry
Alfie Bass
Alfie Bass
Fender
Alan Tilvern
Alan Tilvern
Mr. Ranting
Alf Dean
Alf Dean
Gravedigger
Howard Goorney
Howard Goorney
Rabbi

Crews

Jack Clayton
Jack Clayton
Director
Jack Clayton
Jack Clayton
Producer
Wolf Mankowitz
Wolf Mankowitz
Screenplay
Nikolai Gogol
Nikolai Gogol
Story
Georges Auric
Georges Auric
Music
Stan Hawkes
Stan Hawkes
Editor
Anthony Masters
Anthony Masters
Art Direction
Buddy Booth
Buddy Booth
Assistant Director
Ron Robson
Ron Robson
Camera Operator
Robert Sterne
Robert Sterne
Production Manager
George Frost
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Peter Birch
Peter Birch
Sound Recordist
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Wolfgang Suschitzky
Director of Photography

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