Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Albert Finney | ... | Charlie Bubbles | |
Colin Blakely | ... | Smokey Pickles | |
Billie Whitelaw | ... | Lottie Bubbles | |
Liza Minnelli | ... | Eliza | |
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Timothy Garland | ... | Jack Bubbles |
Richard Pearson | ... | Accountant | |
Nicholas Phipps | ... | Agent | |
Peter Sallis | ... | Solicitor | |
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Charles Hill | ... | Head Waiter |
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Charles Lamb | ... | Mr. Noseworthy |
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Margery Mason | ... | Mrs. Noseworthy |
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Diana Coupland | ... | Maud |
George Innes | ... | Garage Attendant | |
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Arthur Pentelow | ... | Man With Car |
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Alan Lake | ... | Airman |
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool - the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history. Written by alfiehitchie
I think it's a classic existentialist movie, very much of the European school. Man can never be truly happy or satisfied, with what he's got or with what he gets even if all his ambitions and dreams come true.I think Albert Finney has done an amazing job. It takes true guts and real skill to make a film like this and 'get life' out of it without resorting to fist fights, car chases and shootouts. I love the small moments, like where he puts the eyelashes on his sons lip to make a 'moustache', or when his wife takes the tea cup and his acting when he reaches for it. Billie Whitelaw looks super-sexy in the film and her performance is beautiful. Her gaze at him when he's tucked in bed said more than a million lines of dialogue could. I wish Mr Finney had directed more films, if his debut as a director was this good, imagine what would have come after a few more films. Aah we'll never know...