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The Purple Taxi ()

Un taxi mauve (original title)
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With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully (Fred Astaire) runs around the small green roads of the south of Ireland, becoming confident of his patients, while trying to help them find their way.
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Sharon Frederick
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Philippe Marchal
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Taubelman
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Anne Taubelman
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Jerry Keen
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Dr. Seamus Scully
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Sean
Mairin D. O'Sullivan ...
Margaret Colleen
Niall Buggy ...
Little Person (as Nyall Buggy)
May Cluskey ...
Nurse (as May Clusky)
Loan Do Huu ...
Madame Li
Brendon Doyle
Michael Duffy
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Little Person
John Molloy ...
Publican Jack Lynch
Eamon Morrissey ...
Hospital Doctor (as Eamonn Morrissey)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Martin Dempsey ...
Police Officer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Yves Boisset

Written by

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Michel Déon ... (novel)
 
Yves Boisset ... (screenplay) (uncredited)
 
Anne Dutter ... (adaptation: French)
 
Georges Dutter ... (French adaptation)
 
Michel Déon ... (screenplay)

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Hugo Lodrini ... co-producer
Roy Parkinson ... associate producer
Peter Rawley ... co-producer
Catherine Winter ... producer

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Philippe Sarde

Cinematography by

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Tonino Delli Colli

Editing by

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Albert Jurgenson

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Bernard Barazer ... assistant editor
Jean-Pierre Besnard ... assistant editor
Michael Ellis ... Consultant Film Editor
Nadine Muse ... assistant editor
Janine Oudoul ... assistant editor

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John Lucas
Joe Nevin

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Arrigo Equini
Franco Fumagalli
Peter James

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Giancarlo De Leonardis ... hair stylist
Toni Delaney ... assistant makeup artist (as Tony Delany)
Joanna Lennox ... assistant hair stylist
Franco Schioppa ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Seamus Byrne ... production manager
Alain Darbon ... production manager
Jack King ... production manager
Philippe Modave ... production manager

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Barry Blackmore ... assistant director
Jean-Claude García ... assistant director
Peter Holder ... assistant director

Art Department

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Steve Grogan ... property master
Philipp Henderson ... property master
Tony Nicholson ... property master
Jimmy Kavanagh ... drapes (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Bernard Aubouy ... sound
Claude Plouganou ... post-synchronisation
Jean-Louis Ughetto ... boom operator

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Tom Berry ... special effects assistant
Gerry Johnston ... special effects / special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Fergus Bourke ... still photographer
Giancarlo Granatelli ... assistant camera
Jacques Loiseleux ... director of photography: second unit
Victor Purcell ... assistant camera
Carlo Tafani ... camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tanine Autré ... head costumer
Yvette Bonnay ... costumer
Jack Gallagher ... costumer
Irénée Martin ... costumer
Bruce Oldfield ... costumes: Charlotte Rampling

Music Department

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The Chieftains ... music performers
Carlo Savina ... conductor
Hubert Rostaing ... composer: additional music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Claudine Taulère ... script supervisor (as Claudine Taulere)

Additional Crew

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Eric Boyd-Perkins ... dialogue coach (as Eric Boyd Perkins)
Marlene Butland ... production secretary
Con Cremins ... assistant administrator (as Cornelius Cremins)
Patrick Danon ... production coordinator
Jacques Drouard ... administrator
Louis Earl ... animal wrangler: dogs
Franchi Fuccili ... armorer
Frédéric Gayo ... administrator (as Frederic Gayo)
Cathy Handelman ... assistant production coordinator
Tom Hayes ... production coordinator
April Hyde ... dialogue coach (as Apryl Hide)
Louis Le Brun ... assistant administrator
Claudie Lobo ... production secretary
Les Maryon ... animal wrangler: dogs
Marie McFerran ... production secretary
Albert Sales ... assistant production coordinator
T. Steinbach ... dialogue coach
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Taglines The unforgettable encounter of cinema's finest actors in a stirring film of dramatic greatness where the powers of love clash with force of human passions See more »
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Also Known As
  • Purple Taxi (Ireland, English title)
  • Un taxi color malva (Italy)
  • A Purple Taxi (World-wide, English title)
  • The Purple Taxi (United States)
  • The Purple Taxi (Canada, English title)
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Trivia This movie was filmed in French and English. Fred Astaire found this a bit disconcerting, but it worked out nicely for bilingual actors Sir Peter Ustinov, Philippe Noiret and Charlotte Rampling. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Yves Boisset: le cinéaste le plus censuré de France (2013). See more »
Soundtracks Un Taxi Mauve See more »
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