Directed by:
Michael WinnerCinematography:
Otto HellerComposer:
Stanley BlackCast:
Eric Portman, Diana Dors, Kathleen Harrison, Finlay Currie, Francesca Annis, Una Stubbs, David Hemmings, Mike Leigh, Joby Blanshard, Marie Ney, Marianne Stone (more)VOD (1)
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Starring Alfred Lynch, Kathleen Breck, Eric Portman and the inimitable Diana Dors. Based on the novel "The Furnished Room" by Laura Del-Rivo and filmed on location in Notting Hill, Michael Winner foray into British social realism sees an authentic portrayal of the grittier, darker side of West London in the 60s. Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bed-sitter belt is the renegade son of middle-class parents and as he himself describes it, an emotional leper'. He decides that he needs a violent shock to shake him back into life and as a result accepts a criminal commission from a man he meets in a coffee bar. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Cast
Eric Portman
UK
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Diana Dors
UK
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Kathleen Harrison
UK
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Oliver Twist (1948)
Scrooge (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)
Finlay Currie
UK
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Ben-Hur (1959)
Cleopatra (1963)
Great Expectations (1946)
Francesca Annis
UK
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The Secret Adversary (1983) (TV movie)
Cleopatra (1963)
Cranford (2007) (series)
Una Stubbs
UK
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The Water Babies (1978)
David Hemmings
UK
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Blow-Up (1966)
Mike Leigh
UK
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Joby Blanshard
UK
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Frenzy (1972)
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Marie Ney
UK
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Marianne Stone
UK
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Gerry Duggan
Ireland
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James Culliford
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Damaris Hayman
UK
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Freda Jackson
UK
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Virginia Wetherell
UK
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Sean Kelly
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Patrick Wymark
UK
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Alfred Lynch
UK
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Ian Wilson
UK
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