The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)
37m
Running Time
November 1, 1955Release Date
The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)
37m
Running Time
November 1, 1955Release Date
Plot.
Fender is a lowly clerk in the warehouse of clothing manufacturers Ranting and Co. His one ambition is to have an overcoat of his own. Refused one by the cold hearted Ranting he asks a tailor friend, Morry, to make him one instead, but dies of cold before he can take delivery of it. Unwilling to give up his only desire even in death, he returns as a ghost to persuade Morry to steal him the overcoat he so coveted in life.
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Cast & Crew.
David Kossoff
Morry
Alfie Bass
Fender (Ghost)
Alf Dean
Gravedigger
Howard Goorney
Rabbi
Alan Tilvern
Mr. Ranting
Jack Clayton
Director
Peter Birch
Sound Recordist
Wolf Mankowitz
Writer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
The Bespoke Overcoat is a 1956 British black and white short film directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's short story The Overcoat with the action moved from Russia to the East End of London. In this version the protagonists are poor Jews working in the clothing trade, played by Alfie Bass and David Kossoff. It won an Oscar at the 29th Academy Awards in 1957 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).
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