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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1971
Running Times: 107m
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Aspect Ratio:
Sound:


DIRECTION

Director: Graham Stark


CREW

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Tigon British
Executive Producer: Tony Tenser, Michael L. Green
Producer: Graham Stark
Production Manager: Jack Causey

SCRIPT
Script: Bob Larbey, John Esmond (Avarice); Dave Freeman (Envy); Barry Cryer, Graham Chapman (Gluttony, Wrath); Graham Stark, Marty Feldman (Lust); Alan Simpson, Ray Galton (Pride); Spike Milligan (Sloth)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Derek Cracknell
2nd Assistant Director: Richard Jenkins
Continuity: Renée Glynne

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Harvey Harrison
Camera Operator: Colin Corby

EDITING
Editor: Rod Nelson-Keys, Roy Piper

MUSIC
Music / Musical Director: Roy Budd
Song: Roy Budd, Jack Fishman (Envy, Greed an' Gluttony)
Song Performed By: The Midle of the Road

SOUND
Sound Recordist: John Brommage
Sound Editor: Pat Foster

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Geoffrey Rodway, Wally Schneiderman
Hair: Gordon Bond
Wardrobe: Roy Ponting

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Cliff Culley
Animation: Bob Godfrey Films

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Roger King

LOCATION
Locations: London, England, UK
Location Manager: Jim Brennan


CAST

Felicity Devonshire (nude girl)

Avarice
Bruce Forsyth (Clayton)
Paul Whitsun-Jones (Elsinore)
Bernard Bresslaw (Mr Violet)
Joan Sims (policewoman)
Roy Hudd (fisherman)
Julie Samuels (petrol atendant)
Cheryl Hall (Vanessa)
Suzanne Heath (Chloe)
Judi Bloom (Gwendolyn)

Envy
Harry Secombe (Stanley)
Geoffrey Bayldon (Vernon)
June Whitfield (Mildred)
Carmel Cryan (Vera)

Gluttony
Leslie Phillips (Dickie)
Julie Ege (Ingrid Svenson)
Patrick Newell (doctor)
Rosemarie Reed (woman)
Sarah Golding (secretary)
Ingrid Sylvester (woman's assistant)
Bob Guccione (pornographer)
Tina McDowell

Lust
Harry H. Corbett (Ambrose Twombley)
Cheryl Kennedy (Greta)
Bill Pertwee (cockney man)
Mary Baxter (charlady)
Anouska Hempel (blonde)
Ken Earle (boyfriend)
Jennie Lewis (girl in train)
Nicole Yerna (thin girl)
Sue Bond (girl with glasses)
Jan Rennison (3rd girl)
Yvonne Paul (receptionist)
Dawn Beret (dolly typist)
Jane Holland (1st girl)

Pride
Ian Carmichael (Ferris)
Alfie Bass (Spooner)
Audrey Nicholson (Mrs Ferris)
Sheila Burnett (Mrs Spooner)
Robert Gillespie (AA man)
Keith Smith (RAC man)
Ivor Dean (policeman)

Sloth
Spike Milligan
Melvin Hayes
Ronnie Brody
Ronnie Barker
Peter Butterworth
Marty Feldman
Davy Kaye
David Lodge
Cardew Robinson
Madeline Smith

Wrath
Ronald Fraser (George)
Arthur Howard (Kenneth)
Stephen Lewis (Jarvis)


PLOT SUMMARY

A collection of short sketches - some of them fantasy - illustrating the Seven Deadly Sins.


AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributor: Tigon


CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: A


REFERENCES

PERIODICALS

ABC Film Review vol.22 no.1 (January 1972) pp.18-19 (UK)
review

Films and Filming vol.18 no.6 (March 1972) pp.60, 62 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.39 no.456 (January 1972) pp.10-11
credits, synopsis, review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.46 no.549 (October 1979) p.219 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review

Today's Cinema no.9900 (27 April 1971) p.12 (UK)
credits

Today's Cinema 11 December 1971 (UK)
review


KEYWORDS

seven deadly sins; anthology; heaven; afterlife; angels


Last Updated: 4 October, 2009

 


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