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French Dressing

  • 1964
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
516
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French Dressing (1964)
ComedyDrama

A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image--and increase its revenues--by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image--and increase its revenues--by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.A drab little English seaside town tries to improve its image--and increase its revenues--by holding a film festival. When a famous continental star agrees to attend, things get out of hand.

  • Director
    • Ken Russell
  • Writers
    • Peter Myers
    • Ronald Cass
    • Peter Brett
  • Stars
    • James Booth
    • Roy Kinnear
    • Marisa Mell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    516
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ken Russell
    • Writers
      • Peter Myers
      • Ronald Cass
      • Peter Brett
    • Stars
      • James Booth
      • Roy Kinnear
      • Marisa Mell
    • 13User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    James Booth
    James Booth
    • Jim Stephens
    Roy Kinnear
    Roy Kinnear
    • Henry Liggott
    Marisa Mell
    Marisa Mell
    • Françoise Fayol
    Alita Naughton
    • Judy
    Bryan Pringle
    Bryan Pringle
    • The Mayor
    Robert Robinson
    • Robert Robinson
    Germaine Delbat
    • Frenchwoman
    Norman Pitt
    • Westbourne Mayor
    Henry McCarty
    • Bridgmouth Mayor
    Sandor Elès
    Sandor Elès
    • Vladek
    Jim Brady
    Jim Brady
    • Film Festival Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Dean
    • Film Festival Patron
    • (uncredited)
    George Fisher
    • Film Festival Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Claire Gordon
    Claire Gordon
    • Angelina
    • (uncredited)
    Juba Kennerley
    Juba Kennerley
    • Film Festival Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Lucille Soong
    Lucille Soong
    • Starlet
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ken Russell
    • Writers
      • Peter Myers
      • Ronald Cass
      • Peter Brett
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    • Trivia
      A number of writers worked on the script, which was constantly being rewritten during the making of the film. When the TV presenter Robert Robinson agreed to play himself in a brief cameo, he told Ken Russell he would have to write his own lines as he wasn't an actor. Russell agreed and added that he could also rewrite everyone else's lines if he felt like it.
    • Quotes
      • Robert Robinson: Where will all of it end? Apache dancing in the Floral Halls? Absinthe in the ice-cream parlors?
    • Alternate versions
      In the release print as owned and screened by the British Film Institute, the ending sequence titles are different from the Studiocanal owned prints (available on DVD) with no credit given to actress Germaine Delbat, while a dedicated message of acknowledgment to Michael Arthur Film Productions is shown on behalf of the producers.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sunday Night: Don't Shoot the Composer (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Colonel Bogey
      (uncredited)
      Music by Kenneth Alford
      Arrangement by Georges Delerue

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    Details

    • Release date
      • September 11, 1964 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Versuch's mal auf französisch
    • Filming locations
      • Herne Bay, Kent, England, UK(Doubles as Gormleigh-on-Sea)
    • Production companies
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
      • Kenneth Harper Production
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 26m(86 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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