Very Like a Whale (1981) (TV)

Director:

Alan Bridges

Writer:

John Osborne (writer)

Release Date:

1 January 1981 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Title Based On Shakespeare | Independent Film

Cast

Alan Bates	...	Sir Jock Mellor
Gemma Jones	...	Lady Mellor
Ann Bell	...	Barbara Mellor
Radames Pera	...	Sir Jock's son
Anna Cropper	...	Journalist
Leslie Sands	...	Sir Jock's father
Myra Frances	...	Sir Jock's secretary
Anne Stallybrass	...	Sir Jock's sister
Ian Hogg	...	Stephen Grain
Christopher Benjamin	...	Dr Ted Williams
Samantha Weller	...	Myra Mellor
Niall Padden	...	Tom
Tony Steedman	...	Baldy
Alan Tilvern	...	American tycoon
Doreen Aris	...	Tycoon's wife

Also Known As:

Executive Syndrome (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Company:

British Lion Film Corporation

Trivia:

The only professional work done between 1978 and 1981 by actor, Radames Pera ("Grasshopper" from the original Kung Fu (1972) (TV) and "John Jr." from the Little House on the Prairie (1974) (TV) TV shows) while studying acting and directing in New York with the late Stella Adler.

Quotes:

TV Interviewer: I see. And... then... what ABOUT the present?
Sir Jock Mellor: Oh... very like. Like a whale.