Very Like a Whale (TV 1981)

Director:

Alan Bridges

Writer:

John Osborne

Stars:

Alan Bates, Gemma Jones, Ann Bell

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

title based on shakespeare | independent film

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 January 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Executive Syndrome

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Lion Film Corporation, Associated Television (ATV)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

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

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Quotes

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

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