The Madhouse on Castle Street (TV 1963)

A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.

Director:

Philip Saville

Writer:

Evan Jones

Stars:

David Warner, Bob Dylan, Maureen Pryor

Cast

Cast overview:
David Warner	...	Lennie
Bob Dylan	...	Bobby
Maureen Pryor	...	Mrs. Griggs
Ursula Howells	...	Martha Tompkins
Reg Lye	...	Walter Tompkins
James Mellor	...	Bernard
Georgina Ward	...	Susan Taylor
Ian Dallas	...	Reverend Spooner

Storyline

A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried sister and the other boarders then try to discover why.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 1963 (UK)

Also Known As:

Sunday-Night Play: The Madhouse on Castle Street

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is considered lost as the BBC wiped its own archive copy. Start looking now.

User Reviews

Faded memory

Isaw this when I was about ten or eleven, in our little house in Wales. My parents had read something about the program and decided to watch it. It made enough of an impression to remain with me in fragments. I had no idea who Dylan was. I remember him sitting on a doorstep or by a wall or something as the action went on in the foreground, and at some point he sang with the camera close on him. He was wearing his peaked cap. I don't even remember, or don't even know if I understood the story of the play. Now a Dylan obsessive, but the BBC wiped away so many things in its treasure trove. Now its just fragments in most people's memories. Presumably there is a script and stills still in existence.