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The Bespoke Overcoat
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1956 British black and white short ghost and drama film by Jack Clayton
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It sits within the topics 1950s ghost films, 1956 British films and 1956 drama films.
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Film · TMDB
6.4A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.
Released: 1955-11-0137 minDir: Jack ClaytonDrama, Fantasy
Cast
- David Kossoff as Morry
- Alfie Bass as Fender
- Alan Tilvern as Mr. Ranting
- Alf Dean as Gravedigger
- Howard Goorney as Rabbi
Themes
- funeral
- clerk
- ghost
- coat
- clothing store
- poor
- short film
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Overcoat
- Director
- Jack Clayton
- Screenwriter
- Wolf Mankowitz
- Cast member
- Alan Tilvern
- Composer
- Georges Auric
- Producer
- Jack Clayton
- Cinematographer
- Wolfgang Suschitzky
- Duration
- 36
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- color
- black-and-white
- publication date
- 1956-01-01
- title
- The Bespoke Overcoat
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- after a work by
- Nikolai Gogol
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Categories
1950s ghost films1956 British films1956 drama films1956 English-language films1956 films1956 short filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish drama short filmsBritish ghost filmsEnglish-language drama short filmsFilms about Jews and JudaismFilms about poverty in the United KingdomFilms based on The OvercoatFilms directed by Jack ClaytonFilms set in LondonFilms with screenplays by Wolf MankowitzLive Action Short Film Academy Award winnersTemplate film date with 1 release date