Morgan! (1966) Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (original title)

Director:

Karel Reisz

Writer:

David Mercer

Release Date:

January 1966 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality...

Plot Keywords:

Divorce | Flight Of Fancy | Jealousy | Ape | Class Differences

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

David Warner	...	Morgan Delt
Vanessa Redgrave	...	Leonie Delt
Robert Stephens	...	Charles Napier
Irene Handl	...	Mrs. Delt
Bernard Bresslaw	...	Policeman
Arthur Mullard	...	Wally
Newton Blick	...	Mr. Henderson
Nan Munro	...	Mrs. Henderson
Peter Collingwood	...	Geoffrey
Graham Crowden	...	Counsel
John Garrie	...	Tipstatt
John Rae	...	Judge
Angus MacKay	...	Best Man
Marvis Edwards	...	Maid
Peter Cellier	...	Second Counsel
Robert Bridges	...	Ticket Collector
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ilija Dzuvalekovski	...	(uncredited)
Bekim Fehmiu	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Karel Reisz

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Mercer

Produced by
Leon Clore	....	producer

Original Music by
John Dankworth

Cinematography by
Larry Pizer

Film Editing by
Tom Priestley
Victor Procter

Casting by
Miriam Brickman

Art Direction by
Philip Harrison

Costume Design by
Jocelyn Rickards

Makeup Department
Philip Leakey	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Roy Baird	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen Frears	....	assistant director
Claude Watson	....	assistant director

Art Department
Roger King	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
John Crome	....	dubbing editor
John Crome	....	sound editor
Peter Handford	....	sound recordist
Hugh Strain	....	dubbing mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronnie Taylor	....	camera operator

Music Department
David Lindup	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Zelda Barron	....	assistant to director
Robert Simmonds	....	assistant to producer

Production Companies

• British Lion Film Corporation
• Quintra

Distributors

• Cinema V (1966) (USA) (theatrical)
• Nora-Filmverleih (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• British Lion Film Corporation (1966) (UK) (theatrical)
• Lumiere Pictures (1996) (UK) (VHS)
• Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1968) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Warner Home Video (1991) (UK) (VHS)

Also Known As:

"Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment" - UK (original title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | West Germany:16 (bw)

Filming Locations:

13 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London, England, UK

Company:

British Lion Film Corporation

Trivia:

Vanessa Redgrave's Best Actress Oscar nomination for this movie coincided with sister Lynn Redgrave's similar nomination for Georgy Girl (1966). Such a coincidence had occurred only once before when sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland respectively vied for the Best Actress Oscar for Suspicion (1941) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Crew reflected in the window of the car that Leonie gets into at the start of the film.

Quotes:

Morgan:Nothing in this world seems to live up to my best fantasies, except you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Free Cinema (1986) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Red Flag

So good it's my part of my e-mail address

A film that acheives what it sets out to be. It is an immature and unreasonable storyline that takes no account for anyones feelings but those of our hero, Morgan... But 1966 was a time of big brush strokes, not subtle pointers. Most of the situations and characters are cardboard and stereotypical, but done with a sense of style and flair that allows you not to get bogged down in it all. When at the end of the film, the seemingly battered and beaten Morgan still has the clenched fist of rebellion, it's time for a hot cocoa and then off to bed clutching Das Kapital in your rebellious mitts, with a wistful smile on your face for the simple values of yesteryear, when it was good versus evil. I gave it 9 0ut of 10. Very watchable and great fun