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Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
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Wikipedia article
'Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher' is a 1968 British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Robin Phillips, Genevive Page and Donald Wolfit. It is an adaptation of the 1928 novel 'Decline and Fall' by Evelyn Waugh.
The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.Solomon, Aubrey. 'Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)'. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. . p255
Plot summary
Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself sent down after a group of drunken undergraduates remove his trousers and he is accused of exposing himself. Forced to look for work, he seeks the services of an employment agency who secure for him a position at a sleazy Welsh boys' boarding school, presided over by the colourful Dr. Fagan. The school's staff are an assortment of eccentric characters: Mr Prendergast, a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes, a one-legged philanderer with his eye on Fagan's daughter; and Solomon Philbrick, an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler.
Cast
* Robin Phillips as Paul Pennyfeather
* Donald Wolfit as Doctor Augustus Fagan
* Genevive Page as Margot Beste-Chetwynde
* Colin Blakely as Solomon Philbrick
* Felix Aylmer as Judge
* Robert Harris as Prendergast
* Leo McKern as Captain Grimes
* Patrick Magee as Maniac
* Donald Sinden as Prison Governor
* Griffith Jones as Sir Humphrey Maltravers
* Paul Rogers as Chief Warder
* Rodney Bewes as Arthur Potts
* Patience Collier as Flossie Fagan
* Kenneth Griffith as Mr Church
* Joan Sterndale-Bennett as Lady Circumference
Box office
According to Fox records the film required $3,100,000 in rentals to break even and by 11 December 1970 had made $1,475,000 so made a loss to the studio.
References
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