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Douglas Hayes (novel)
Peter Yeldham (written by)
Release Date:
3 September 1965 (East Germany) more
Tagline:
Some men stay 25 all their lives
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Fascinating show-biz drama more (3 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Kenneth More | ... | Chick Byrd |
| Cecil Parker | ... | Thomas Rutherford |
| Dennis Price | ... | Tommy Morns |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Judy |
| Norman Rossington | ... | Theodore Littleton |
| Angela Douglas | ... | Fay Trubshaw |
 | Edmund Purdom | ... | Julian Baxter |
| Frank Finlay | ... | Prout |
| Alan Dobie | ... | Jack Lavery |
| J.G. Devlin | ... | Sloppitt |
| Valerie Croft | ... | Yvonne |
| Leila Croft | ... | Pauline |
| Gerald Campion | ... | Gerry |
| Jacqueline Hill | ... | Sandy Lavery |
| Harold Goodwin | ... | Second Assistant Director |
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92 min
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UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Finland:K-16
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Buckstone Club, Haymarket, St. James's, London, England, UK more
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"The Comedy Man" is a drama (with some comedy) about a struggling actor named Chick Byrd in swinging London. This is one of the most accurate depictions of the grotty underside of showbiz. The film is very realistic, sometimes depressingly so. Byrd dreams of stardom, but he lives in a cheap bedsit and collects dole cheques. He can't get a "real" job because he's always making the rounds of casting calls. Byrd is played by Kenneth More, a dramatic actor with comedy experience, who gives an excellent performance here. Billie Whitelaw is excellent too. I won't divulge the movie's ending, except to say that it's unexpected yet very plausible. Watch for a very large man in a very small role: the gigantic union steward wearing a Red Indian war bonnet is played by Freddie Mills. He was Britain's heavyweight champion who tried to parlay his boxing fame into an acting career, but his large size typecast him in Richard Kiel-type roles. I recommend this film.