The bespoke overcoat
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Based on the play by Wolf Mankowitz; suggested by the short story The overcoat, by Nicholas V. Gogol.; Production credits taken from print.; Copyright notice: c1955 by Remus Films.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Director of photography, W. Suschitzky ; music by Georges Auric ; art director, Tony Masters.; David Kossoff, Alfie Bass, Alan Tilvern, Alf Dean.; A dramatization about a Jewish tailor who promises to make a warm coat for a frail old clerk who has worked for forty -three years in a cold warehouse surrounded by warm coats but too poor to buy one, telling how the clerk returns after death and with the tailor's help claims his coat. Setting: East End of London.; PFA 1616-108-8442. D0108; PFA 1616-108-8442. 14 Jan 1997; vinegar; Print moved to Vinegar Quarantine in vault; first half of reel is curling badly; second half is ok CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2003/9/10 AD level is 0.5, very low; print was moved back to V1 CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2010/05/26 Same.
Credits
Jack Clayton (1921–1995, direction, production); Wolf Mankowitz (writing); Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Gogolʹ (1809–1852). Shinelʹ; Wolfgang Suschitzky (camera/lighting); Georges Auric (1899–1983, music); Tony Masters (production design); David Kossoff (1919-2005 cast); Alfie Bass (cast); Alan Tilvern (cast); Alf Dean (cast); Romulus Productions; Independent Film Distributors; Brandon Films, inc.
Copyright
Gogol.; Production credits taken from print.; Copyright notice: c1955 by Remus Films.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.
Sources
- BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits, copyright
- Wikidata · Q7716588 ↗ — country, genre
Record added 2026-09-14 13:56:35