The Big Day (1960 film)
| The Big Day | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Peter Graham Scott |
| Written by | Bill MacIlwraith |
| Produced by | Arthur Alcott Julian Wintle |
| Starring | Donald Pleasence Andrée Melly Colin Gordon |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed |
| Edited by | Peter Taylor |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Bryanston Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £22,300[1] |
The Big Day is a 1960 black and white British drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Donald Pleasence, Andrée Melly and Colin Gordon.[2][3] The big day approaches when a business boss must choose between three prospective candidates for a job.
Plot
Married 42 year old Victor Partridge is having an assignation with Nina, his 19 year old secretary. He discusses his desire for promotion.
In the pub Harry Jackson discusses his wife's relationship to his boss, and also seeks promotion.
At interview, Partridge, Jackson and Selkirk all vie for the sole position. The boss Mr Baker has to choose.
Partridge, despite looking very mild-mannered, has a wife as well as a girlfriend! He is the company accountant, but the affair is leaked to the boss to ruin his chances of promotion. Jackson (who is Transport Manager) has been filing fake driver records and this is exposed to also ruin his hopes.
Selkirk, the Sales Manager, seems the likely choice for the directorship in these circumstances. However, Baker calls him in to explain why he is not gettin the post... he is too ruthless.
Surprisingly Partridge is given the job... Baker explains he is reliably dull, but insists that his secretary must go.
Partridge in the new job finds it is a poisoned chalice, as he must work much harder for little more than his name on the company notepaper.
Cast
- Donald Pleasence as Victor Partridge
- Andrée Melly as Nina Wentworth
- Colin Gordon as George Baker
- Harry H. Corbett as Harry Jackson
- William Franklyn as Mr. T. Selkirk
- Susan Shaw as Phyllis Selkirk
- Molly Urquhart as Mrs. Deeping - Baker's secretary
- Betty Marsden as Mabel Jackson
- Freda Bamford as Betty Partridge
- Marianne Stone as Madge Delaney, Selkirk's secretary
- Roddy McMillan as Bob
- Timothy Bateson as Clerk
- Anthony Bate as Driver
- Sabina Franklyn as baby (uncredited) - (daughter of William Franklyn)
- Derek Briggs as Mechanic
References
- ^ Petrie, Duncan James (2017). "Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution" (PDF). Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: 7. ISSN 1465-3451.
- ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.253
- ^ "The Big Day (1960)". BFI.
Bibliography
- Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
- The Big Day at IMDb
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