The Extra Day (1956)
- Starring:
- Richard Basehart, Simone Simon, (more)
- Director(s):
- William Fairchild
Synopsis of The Extra Day
The Extra Day is a portmanteau film in the tradition of the earlier Derby Day. The ball gets rolling when Joe Blake (Richard Basehart), the assistant to film director Kurt Vorn (Laurence Naismith), routinely summons a group of movie extras for a few necessary retakes. The audience then learns the "backstories" of the various extras. Starving artist Steven Marlow (George Baker), who has been doing crowd work to pay the bills, is the object of movie star Michele Blanchard's (Simone Simon) affections, even though he doesn't know it. Prizefighter Barney West (Sidney James) worries that he'll lose his extra job if his face is messed up in the ring. Socialite Toni Howard (Josephine Griffin) works in films to get away from the social whirl; her callback to Vorn's set nearly scotches her impending marriage to a famous singing star. And so it goes until the extras are assembled and Vorn yells "action." Future pop star Shani Wallis makes her screen debut in The Extra Day in a minor role. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Extra Day
- Richard Basehart - Joe Blake
- George Baker - Steven Marlow
- Colin Gordon - Sir George Howard
- Charles Victor - Bert
- Joan Hickson - Mrs. West
- Olga Lindo - Mrs. Bliss
- Jill Bennett - Susan
- Dennis Lotis - Ronnie Baker
- Beryl Reid - Beryl
- Eddie Byrne - Robin
- Tom Clegg
- Jessie Evans
- Frank Williams
- Doreen Dawn - Beauty Queen
- Simone Simon - Michele Blanchard
- Josephine Griffin - Toni Howard
- Laurence Naismith - Kurt Vorn
- Sidney James - Barney West
- David Hannaford - Buster West
- Philip Ray - Mr. Bliss
- John Humphrey - Guy
- Meier Tzelniker - Lou Skeat
- Shani Wallis - Shirley
- Patrick Cargill
- Peter Coke
- Bryan Forbes - Harry
- Gerald Harper
- Hugh Dempster
- Director(s):
- William Fairchild
- Writer(s):
- William Fairchild
- Producer(s):
- E.M. Smedley-Aston
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