Mister Quilp

Mister Quilp
U.S. theatrical poster
Directed by	Michael Tuchner
Produced by	Helen M. Strauss
Written by	Irene Kamp Louis Kamp
Based on	novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
Starring	Anthony Newley David Hemmings
Music by	Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography	Christopher Challis
Edited by	John Jympson
Production company	Reader's Digest
Distributed by	EMI Distribution (UK) Avco-Embassy (U.S.)
Release dates	1975
Running time	118 mins
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Mister Quilp is a 1975 British musical film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Anthony Newley, David Hemmings and Jill Bennett.^[1] It is based on the novel The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, under which name it was also released.

The film was one of several "Family Classics" made into modern musical films by Reader's Digest.^[2] Mr. Quilp was distributed by EMI Distribution (theatrical) in the United Kingdom, AVCO Embassy Pictures in the USA and on home Video it was released by Magnetic Video. There is no record of a DVD release.^[3] Viewers in the UK have reported seeing it played on television in the 1980s but beyond the home video which was greatly edited, there appears to be no other way to see the film^[4]

Critic Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed review not so much for the music or for Newley's performance, both of which he praised, but for the very idea of centering the film on the evil money-lender and failing to make the story compelling enough to hold interest.^[5]

Main cast

Anthony Newley - Daniel Quilp
David Hemmings - Richard Swiveller
Jill Bennett - Sally Brass
Sarah-Jane Varley - Little Nell
Michael Hordern - Grandfather / Edward Trent
David Warner - Sampson Brass
Yvonne Antrobus - Betsy Quilp
Sue Barbour - Stiltdancer
David Battley - Codlin
Windsor Davies - George, Mrs. Jarley's asst.
Philip Davis - Tom Scott
Peter Duncan - Kit Nubbles
Brian Glover - Furnaceman
Chris Greener - Giant
Rosalind Knight - Mrs. George
Ronald Lacey - Harris
Bryan Pringle - Mr. Garland
Paul Rogers - Single Gent / Henry Trent
Maxwell Shaw - Isaac List
Norman Warwick - Vuffin
Mona Washbourne - Mrs. Jarley
Malcolm Weaver - Acrobat
Sarah Webb - Duchess

References

↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/42892
↑ ]list of films produced by Reader's Digest US from IMDB accessed online November 10,2013
↑ Mr. Quilp (1975) Company Credits from IMDB accessed online November 10, 2013
↑ Best version is Mr Quilp IMDB review of both Mr. Quilp and the Home video release retitled as the Old Curiosity Shop but with cuts from the original film. Accessed online November 10, 2013
↑ MR. QUILP (1975) | Roger Ebert November 25, 1975 from Roger Ebert's official online archive of reviews, Accessed online November 10 2013.

External links

Mister Quilp at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Michael Tuchner

Villain (1971)
Fear Is the Key (1973)
Mister Quilp (1975)
The Likely Lads (1976)
Summer of My German Soldier (1978)
Haywire (1980)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Trenchcoat (1983)
Adam (1983)
Not My Kid (1985)
Amos (1985)
Trapped in Silence (1986)
Mistress (1987)
Internal Affairs (1988)
Desperate for Love (1989)
Wilt (1989)
When Will I Be Loved? (1990)
Captive (1991)
The Rainbow Warrior (1992)
Awake to Danger (1995)
Back to the Secret Garden (2001)
A Place Called Home (2004)

Charles Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop

Characters	Sampson Brass Master Humphrey Quilp

Films	The Old Curiosity Shop (1911) The Old Curiosity Shop (1914) The Old Curiosity Shop (1921) The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) Mister Quilp (1975) The Old Curiosity Shop (1984)

Television	The Old Curiosity Shop (1979) The Old Curiosity Shop (2007)

Related	Dickens and Little Nell

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