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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.
The Bespoke Overcoat: Directed by Jack Clayton. With David Kossoff, Alfie Bass, Alf Dean, Alan Tilvern. 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.
- (492)
- Short, Drama, Fantasy
- Jack Clayton
- 1958-11-10
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.
A man's only desire is to have an overcoat, but before he can get one, he dies of hypothermia; so he returns as a ghost and demands that his friend steal him one.
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- Jack Clayton
- Drama, Fantasy
Overview. 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.
The Bespoke Overcoat: Directed by Eric Fawcett. With Alfie Bass, David Kossoff, Alan Tilvern, Oscar Quitak. The ghost of a poor warehouse clerk who died from the cold persuades a tailor to steal a coat.
Oct 18, 2016 · Duration. 36m. London tailor Morrie (David Kossoff) with the ghost of friend Fender (Alfie Bass), whom he just buried with the overcoat he’d made for him before he was taken ill, who explains his contempt for Ranking (Alan Tilvern), for whom he worked as a clerk, Jack Clayton directing, in.
