Very Like a Whale (1981) (TV)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Alan Bridges

Writer:

John Osborne (writer)

Release Date:

1 January 1981 (USA)

Plot Keywords:

Title Based On Shakespeare | Independent Film

Cast

Alan Bates	...	Sir Jock Mellor
Gemma Jones	...	Lady Mellor
Ann Bell	...	Barbara Mellor
Radames Pera	...	Sir Jock's son
Anna Cropper	...	Journalist
Leslie Sands	...	Sir Jock's father
Myra Frances	...	Sir Jock's secretary
Anne Stallybrass	...	Sir Jock's sister
Ian Hogg	...	Stephen Grain
Christopher Benjamin	...	Dr Ted Williams
Samantha Weller	...	Myra Mellor
Niall Padden	...	Tom
Tony Steedman	...	Baldy
Alan Tilvern	...	American tycoon
Doreen Aris	...	Tycoon's wife
Shane Rimmer	...	Commuter
Ray Marioni	...	Mario
Jeffery Kissoon	...	Customs officer
Dudley Jones	...	Airline passenger
Kenneth Watson	...	Policeman
Robert Whelan	...	BA Official

Directed by
Alan Bridges

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Osborne		writer

Produced by
Barry Hanson	....	executive producer
Jacky Stoller	....	producer

Original Music by
Marc Wilkinson

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Herb Gains	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Patrick Heigham	....	boom operator
Sandy MacRae	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Martin Kenzie	....	second assistant camera
Alan Martin	....	gaffer

Music Department
David Firman	....	conductor

Other crew
Callum McDougall	....	production runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Lion Film Corporation
• Associated Television (ATV)

Distributors

• Associated Television (ATV) (1981) (UK) (TV)

Also Known As:

Executive Syndrome (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Company:

British Lion Film Corporation

Trivia:

The only professional work done between 1978 and 1981 by actor, Radames Pera ("Grasshopper" from the original Kung Fu (1972) (TV) and "John Jr." from the Little House on the Prairie (1974) (TV) TV shows) while studying acting and directing in New York with the late Stella Adler.

Quotes:

TV Interviewer: I see. And... then... what ABOUT the present?
Sir Jock Mellor: Oh... very like. Like a whale.