- The Bespoke Overcoat
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name = The Bespoke Overcoat
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director =Jack Clayton
producer =George K. Arthur Jack Clayton
writer =Nikolai Gogol Wolf Mankowitz
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starring =Alfie Bass David Kossoff
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cinematography = Wolfgang Suschitzky
editing = Stan Hawkes
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =7 October ,1956
runtime = 33 minutes
country =UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0049000"The Bespoke Overcoat" (1956) is a British
film short directed byJack Clayton , based on a 1953 play of the same name byWolf Mankowitz . The story is an adaptation ofGogol 's short story "The Overcoat " with the action relocated from Russia to theEast End ofLondon . In this version the protagonists are poor Jews working in the clothing trade. It won anAcademy Award in 1957 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). cite web |url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/123948/The-Bespoke-Overcoat/details |title=New York Times: The Bespoke Overcoat |accessdate=2008-05-20|work=NY Times]Cast
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Alfie Bass - Fender (Ghost)
*David Kossoff - Morrie
*Alan Tilvern - Ranting
*Alf Dean - Gravedigger (uncredited)References
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*imdb title|id=0049000|title=The Bespoke Overcoat
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