The Bespoke Overcoat
Year:
1955
Production Country:
Great Britain
Fender, a clerk in the cold warehouse of Ranting & Co., wants one of the warm sheepskin coats stacked around him. Ranting refuses, Fender asks Morry, a tailor, to make him a coat, but Fender is fired and dies of cold before it is finished. His ghost returns.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Morry David Kossoff
- Fender Alfie Bass
- [Ranting] Alan Tilvern
- [gravedigger] Alf Dean
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Jack Clayton
- Assistant Director Buddy Booth
- Continuity Maisie Kelly
Rights
Production
- a Remus production Remus Films
- Presents Romulus Films
- Distribution Controlled by Independent Film Distributors Ltd.
- Produced by Jack Clayton
- Production Manager Robert Sterne
- Filmed at Marylebone Studios
Writing
- [Written] By/Screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz
- Suggested by a story of Nikolai Gogol
- By [stage adaptation] Wolf Mankowitz
Photography
- Lighting Cameraman Wolfgang Suschitzky
- Camera Operator Ron Robson
Editing
- Editor Stanley Hawkes
Design
- Art Director Tony Masters
Costumes
- Costumes Bermans
Make-up
- Make-up George Frost
Music
- Music by Georges Auric
- Music Director Lambert Williamson
Sound
- Sound Peter Birch
- Assistant Dubbing Mixer Peter T. Davies
- Logo [Sound System] Western Electric