Mix Me a Person (1962)

Director:

Leslie Norman

Writers:

Ian Dalrymple, Jack Trevor Story (novel)

Stars:

Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anne Baxter	...	Dr. Anne Dyson
Donald Sinden	...	Philip Bellamy, QC
Adam Faith	...	Harry Jukes
David Kernan	...	Socko
Frank Jarvis	...	Nobby
Peter Kriss	...	Dirty Neck
Carole Ann Ford	...	Jenny
Anthony Booth	...	Gravy
Topsy Jane	...	Mona
Jack MacGowran	...	Terence
Walter Brown	...	Max Taplow
Glyn Houston	...	Sam
Dilys Hamlett	...	Doris
Meredith Edwards	...	Johnson
Alfred Burke	...	Lumley

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

prison | murder | police | based on novel | independent film

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Taglines:

The dramatic story of one girl's fight to free a youth charged with murder!

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1962 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bødlen venter

Filming Locations:

Battersea, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Lion Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Mix Me A Person"
Written by Johnny Worth
Performed by Adam Faith (uncredited)

User Reviews

Clunky mystery with young Adam Faith giving better performance than more seasoned actors

Adam Faith shows Anne Baxter and Donald Sinden a thing or two about natural acting. While they play to the gallery, the 50s/60s pop idol nicely underplays his part as a young lad charged with murder. The scriptwriter/production designer/director has a ludicrous, but typical idea of what 'upper-class' Sinden calls a teddy-boy (already a dated idea in 1962.) Faith and his mates are a neatly attired, clean-cut crowd, hanging out in an espresso bar, decked with pictures of Ella Fitzgerald and Chris Barber (!) - a more likely venue for 40 year olds at that time. It was the pre-Beatles era, and most British films were very myopic in their portrayals of youth, although 'Saturday Night and Sunday Morning' had hit the screens two years previously. This does seem like the Tunbridge-Wells version of youth gone astray,and accordingly it wasn't exactly a box-office smash. The clunky plot has more than one handy coincidence, and while the portrayal of the working classes is condescending, at least Anne Baxter's psychiatrist character gets to voice her opinion that people are human beings and should be treated as such. Jack MacGowran shines as a villain, as does Alfred Burke as a humane screw, and it's good to see Aussies Ed Deveraux and Ray Barrett playing senior coppers, but generally the whole pic is just a budget cut above one of the typical British supporting features that were still being produced at the time.