Inadmissible Evidence (film)
Encyclopedia
Inadmissible Evidence is a 1968 British
drama film
directed by Anthony Page
and starring Nicol Williamson
, Eleanor Fazan and Jill Bennett
. John Osborne
wrote the screenplay, adapting his own 1964 play Inadmissible Evidence
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Anthony Page
Anthony Page
Anthony Page is a British stage- and film director.-Filmography:*Male of the Species 3-episode TV special that featured Sir Laurence Olivier, Paul Scofield, Sean Connery and Michael Caine. The Scofield episode, Emlyn, won an Emmy Award...
and starring Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson
Nicol Williamson is a Scottish-born English actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando".-Early life:...
, Eleanor Fazan and Jill Bennett
Jill Bennett
Jill Bennett was a British actress, and the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.-Early life and career:She was born in Penang, The Straits Settlements, to British parents, educated at Priors Field, an independent girls boarding school in Godalming, and trained at RADA...
. John Osborne
John Osborne
John James Osborne was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre....
wrote the screenplay, adapting his own 1964 play Inadmissible Evidence
Inadmissible Evidence
Inadmissible Evidence is a play written by John Osborne in November 1964. It was also filmed in 1968.The protagonist of the play is William Maitland, a middle-aged English solicitor who has come to hate his entire life. Much of the play consists of lengthy monologues in which Maitland tells the...
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Main cast
- Nicol WilliamsonNicol WilliamsonNicol Williamson is a Scottish-born English actor who was described by English playwright John Osborne as "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando".-Early life:...
- Bill Maitland - Eleanor Fazan - Anna Maitland
- Jill BennettJill BennettJill Bennett was a British actress, and the fourth wife of playwright John Osborne.-Early life and career:She was born in Penang, The Straits Settlements, to British parents, educated at Priors Field, an independent girls boarding school in Godalming, and trained at RADA...
- Liz - Peter SallisPeter SallisPeter Sallis, OBE is an English actor and entertainer, well-known for his work on British television. Although he was born and brought up in London, his two most notable roles require him to adopt the accents and mannerisms of a Northerner.Sallis is best known for his role as the main character...
- Hudson - David Valla - Jones
- Eileen AtkinsEileen AtkinsDame Eileen June Atkins, DBE is an English actress and occasional screenwriter.- Early life :Atkins was born in the Mothers' Hospital in Clapton, a Salvation Army women's hostel in East London...
- Shirley - Ingrid BoultingIngrid BoultingIngrid Boulting was born in Transvaal in 1947 - daughter of English film-maker Roy Boulting and niece of John Boulting and Sydney Boulting a.k.a. Peter Cotes...
- Jane - Gillian HillsGillian HillsGillian Hills is an actress and singer. She rose to fame as a teenager in the 1960s in the British films Beat Girl and later, Blowup...
- Joy - Isabel DeanIsabel DeanIsabel Dean was an English film and television actress.Born as Isabel Hodgkinson on 29 May 1918 in Aldridge, Staffordshire. She studied painting at the Birmingham Art School and from 1937 joined the Cheltenham Repertory Company as a scenic artist...
- Mrs. Gamsey - Clare Kelly - Mrs. Anderson
- John NormingtonJohn NormingtonJohn Normington was an English actor who appeared widely on British television from the 1960s until the year of his death. Normington was also a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company performing in more than 20 RSC productions...
- Maples