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May 1970 (UK)
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some surprisingly horrific sequences
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(in credits order) | Mark Burns | ... | Bernie |
 | Beatie Edney | ... | Winnie (as Beatrice Edney) |
| Fiona Lewis | ... | Melissa |
 | Maurice Roëves | ... | Nicholas |
 | Jack MacGowran | ... | The Collector |
| Joanna Dunham | ... | Tonie |
 | Peter Sellers | ... | The Salesman (as A. Queen) |
| Graham Stark | ... | Pipi |
| Eva Dahlbeck | ... | Cafe Proprietress |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lily Bacberg | ... | Barmaid |
| Benny Bundgaard | ... | Delivery Man |
| Lise Dietrich | ... | Louis' Girlfriend |
| June Eelli | ... | Gypsy Woman |
| Grith Fjeldmose | ... | Passer-by |
| John Franklin | ... | Shopkeeper |
| Arthur Jensen | ... | Caretaker |
| Bertel Lauring | ... | Louis |
| Marie Masters | ||
| Sisse Reingaard | ... | Daughter of Cafe Proprietres |
| Cle Soegard | ... | Man at Dodgem Cars |
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| Simon Hesera | |||
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| Heere Heeresma | novel | |
| Roman Polanski | ||
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| Gene Gutowski | .... | producer | |
| Roman Polanski | .... | producer | |
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| Mort Shuman | |||
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| Gilbert Taylor | |||
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| Alistair McIntire | |||
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| Timothy Bryan | |||
| William Hutchinson | (as Bill Hutchinson) | ||
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| Barrie Melrose | .... | unit production manager | |
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| Gerry Humphreys | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Kaj Gram Larsen | .... | sound mixer | |
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| Bernard Ford | .... | camera operator | |
| Jimmy Leavens | .... | key grip | |
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| Rosemary Marks | .... | production coordinator | |
| Helen Whitson | .... | continuity | |
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- Code Red DVD (2008) (USA) (DVD)
- Red Alert Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
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USA:93 min
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Being a great fan of European cinema in the early 60s, I loved Polanski's, Knife in the Water, Repulsion and Cul-de-Sac but was initially very disappointed with the full on colour film, Rosemary's Baby. Having now seen the most impressive A Day At The Beach which should have been released before Rosemary's Baby, I would certainly have been happier back then if the order of release had not been so drastically changed by circumstances. This great little film is much more akin to the director's early b/w features, although this is in colour, and is bleak indeed. Seemingly shot in a single day in the pouring rain on some desolate Danish beach we spend some time with a little girl and her 'uncle' who spends most of the time trying to get another drink. Despicable, though the lead often appears, there is an palpable bond between the two and it is quite startling that when others try to relate to the child, our hero seems peerless. Fascinating, dark and with a brilliant performance from the young girl, this also has some surprisingly horrific sequences (not counting the true horror of Graham Stark as some horrible underling of a gay Peter sellers!). Well worth searching out.