"All the Right Noises" (1971)

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Film details

Featuring

Olivia Hussey Tom Bell Judy Carne
Director

Gerry O'Hara
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1971
Genres

Romance Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Introduction

“This even-tempered and restrained film was made at the height of Swinging London fever on the big screen, but despite the vivid colour schemes on display, All the Right Noises is definitely a child of the British New Wave.”
Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital, 2009

Originally sold with the provocative tagline ‘Is 15 1/2 too young for a girl? Is one wife enough for one man?’, this time capsule of a film tells the story of a young married man who has an affair with a teenage girl, and sits as part of a wave of British films which used the subject matter to explore masculinity in crisis and the cultural chasm between the generations.

Starring Tom Bell (The L-Shaped Room, 1962) and Olivia Hussey, fresh from her lead role in Romeo and Juliet (1968), the film was directed by Gerry O’Hara, who would go on to direct episodes of The Professionals and Press Gang for TV, and the highly successful Joan Collins drama, The Bitch (1979).

O’Hara’s era-defining work of the 60s includes That Kind of Girl (1963) and The Pleasure Girls (1965).

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Val
    
    Olivia Hussey
  - Len Lewin
    
    Tom Bell
  - Joy Lewin
    
    Judy Carne
  - Nigel
    
    John Standing
  - Mrs Bird
    
    Yootha Joyce
  - Len's father
    
    Robert Keegan
  - Laura
    
    Lesley-Anne Down
  - landlady
    
    Marianne Stone
  - Terry
    
    Gordon Griffin
  - Ted
    
    Edward Higgins
  - Gordon
    
    Rudolph Walker
  - guard
    
    Oscar James
  - Jenny Lewin
    
    Chloe Franks
  - Ian
    
    Gareth Wright
  - waitress
    
    Chrissie Shrimpton
  - stage manager
    
    Peter Burton
  - stagedoor keeper
    
    Charles Lloyd Pack
  - conductor
    
    Otto Diamant
  - Millie
    
    Nicolette Roeg
  - Mr Melchum
    
    Paul Whitsun-Jones
  - foreman
    
    Aubrey Woods
  - Lottie
    
    Belinda Sinclair
  - [camera operator]
    
    Roy Herrick
  - [stagehand]
    
    Stacey Davies
  - [1st musician]
    
    Roderick Jones
  - [2nd musician]
    
    Larry Burns
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Gerry O'Hara
  - First Assistant Director
    
    Terry Marcel
  - Continuity
    
    Pamela Davies
  Production:
  - ©
    
    Trigon Productions
  - Production Company
    
    Trigon Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Max L. Raab
  - Produced by
    
    John Quested
  - Produced by
    
    Si Litvinoff
  - Associate Producer
    
    Anthony J. Hope
  - Production Manager
    
    Jilda Smith
  - Assistant to Producer
    
    Dan Cressy
  - Completed at
    
    Twickenham Film Studios
  Writing:
  - Written by
    
    Gerry O'Hara
  Photography:
  - Photographed by
    
    Gerry Fisher
  - Camera Operator
    
    Byatt, Walter
  Editing:
  - Film Editor
    
    Antony Gibbs
  - Assistant Editor
    
    Brian Mann
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Terry Pritchard
  Costumes:
  - Costumes
    
    Ruth Myers
  - Wardrobe
    
    Rita Wakely
  Make-up:
  - Make-up
    
    Benny Royston
  - Hairdresser
    
    Susie Hill
  Music:
  - Original Music and Songs Composed by
    
    Melanie
  - Stage Musical Written and Composed by
    
    Norman Kay
  - [Stage Musical Music] Arranged by
    
    Nicolette Roeg
  - Original Music and Songs Sung by
    
    Melanie
  - Original Music and Songs Arranged by
    
    John Cameron
  - Original Music and Songs Produced by
    
    Peter Schekeryk
  Choreography:
  - [Stage Musical] Choreography by
    
    George Baron
  Sound:
  - Sound Recordist
    
    John Brommage
  - Dubbing Mixer
    
    Gerry Humphreys
  - Sound Editor
    
    David Campling
  Consultant:
  - Lighting Equipment
    
    Lee Electric (Lighting)