The Rebel (1961)
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Synopsis of The Rebel
Zany British comedian Tony Hancock was briefly a major draw in the 1960s, with several popular TV series, sellout personal appearances, and a string of theatrical films to his credit. In The Rebel (released in the US as Call Me Genius), Hancock plays a middle-class businessman who decides to chuck it all and become a painter. He heads for Paris, there to starve in an attic until fame and fortune comes calling. Like many British comedies of the era, The Rebel has great fun at expense of modern art and bohemian artistes; Hancock takes full advantage of every humorous possibility, with suave George Sanders acting as his dignified foil. Alas, by the end of the 1960s, Tony Hancock was dead by his own hand, a victim of alcohol and acute depression. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Rebel
- Tony Hancock - Anthony Hancock
- Paul Massie - Paul
- Gregoire Aslan - Carreras
- Mervyn Johns - Manager of Art Gallery, London
- John Le Mesurier - Office manager
- Nanette Newman - Josey
- Marie Devereaux - Yvette
- Sandor Eles - Artist
- John Wood - Poet
- Neville Becker - Artist
- Dennis Price - Jim Smith
- George Sanders - Sir Charles Broward
- Margit Saad - Margot
- Irene Handl - Mrs. Crevatte
- Peter Bull - Manager of Art Gallery, Paris
- Liz Fraser - Waitress
- Marie Burke - Madame Laurent
- Mario Fabrizi - Coffee Bar attendant
- Oliver Reed - Artist in Cafe
- Bernard Rebel - Art Dealer
- Victor Platt - Dock Official
- Gary Lockwood
- Director(s):
- Robert Day
- Writer(s):
- Alan Simpson, Tony Hancock, Ray Galton
- Producer(s):
- W.A. Whittaker
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