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26 December 1962 (Denmark)
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Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent...
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Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
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Film worth watching occasionally, perhaps, for different reasons.
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tony Hancock | ... | Anthony Hancock | |
| George Sanders | ... | Sir Charles Broward | |
| Paul Massie | ... | Paul | |
| Margit Saad | ... | Margot | |
| Grégoire Aslan | ... | Carreras | |
| Dennis Price | ... | Jim Smith | |
| Irene Handl | ... | Mrs. Crevatte | |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Office manager | |
| Liz Fraser | ... | Waitress | |
| Mervyn Johns | ... | Manager of Art Gallery, London | |
| Peter Bull | ... | Manager of Art Gallery, Paris | |
| Nanette Newman | ... | Josey | |
| Marie Burke | ... | Madame Laurent | |
| Bernard Rebel | ... | Art Dealer | |
| Sandor Elès | ... | Artist |
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Call Me Genius (USA)
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USA:105 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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I remember seeing The Rebel, on general release, in Croydon - three or four miles from where the railway scenes were shot: a bygone branch line and now demolished station off Coombe Road. (We used to walk past it a couple of times each week in the 1950s in the Elmhurst 'crocodile' to play sports at Lloyd Park. Happy days, indeed.) Unfortunately, I have never been very comfortable with the film - and I have persevered with it over the years. The Hancock attitude quickly wears thin and the script is simply below par for these writers. Best scenes, apart from the nostalgia element, are those with Irene Handl; Margit Saad (best known to me from Magnificent Two)is easy on the eye, as ever, but must have been embarrassed with her banal Margot character.
Nevertheless, I am pleased that the picture has its adherents. Where is Margit Saad today? A directorial credit around 1990 and seemingly nothing since.