The Night Digger (1971)

Synopsis

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Maura Prince

      Patricia Neal

    • Mrs Edith Prince, the mother

      Pamela Brown

    • Mr Bolton

      Graham Crowden

    • Mrs Millicent McMurtrey

      Jean Anderson

    • Reverend Rupert Palafox

      Peter Sallis

    • Mrs Palafox

      Yootha Joyce

    • district nurse

      Brigit Forsyth

    • stroke patient

      Zoe Alexander

    • Billy Jarvis

      Nicholas Clay

    • Dr Ronnie Robinson

      Sebastian Breaks

    • Mary Wingate

      Diana Patrick

    • Jenny, the farm wife

      Jenny McCracken

    • bank clerk

      Bruce Myles

    • young Billy

      Christopher Reynalds

    • gypsy

      Ives Cameron, Elaine

    • whore

      Sibylla Kay

• Credits

  • Unknown:

    • Directed by

      Alastair Reid

    • ©/Production Company

      Yongestreet Productions

    • Made by

      Tacitus

    • Presents

      M.G.M.

    • Executive Producer

      William O. Harbach

    • Produced by

      Alan D. Courtney

    • Produced by

      Norman S. Powell

    • Production Manager

      John Oldknow

    • Location Manager

      Bernard Hanson

    • Assistant to Miss [Patricia] Neal

      Valerie Eaton-Griffiths

    • Assistant Director

      Michael Dryhurst

    • Continuity

      Phillips, Jennifer

    • Casting Director

      Mary Selway

    • Screenplay by

      Roald Dahl

    • Based on the novel 'Nest in a Falling Tree'

      Joy Cowley

    • Director of Photography

      Alex Thomson

    • Camera Operator

      Mike Fox

    • Gaffer Electrician

      Dave Clarke

    • Editor

      John Bloom  (uncredited)

    • Art Director

      Anthony Pratt

    • Costume Designer

      Gabriella Falk

    • Make-up

      Gasser, Ernest

    • Hairdresser

      Joan Carpenter

    • Music Composed and Conducted by

      Bernard Herrmann

    • Solo Viola d'Amore

      Rosemary Green

    • Solo Harmonica

      Tommy Reilly

    • Sound Recordist

      Brian Marshall

    • Sound Recordist

      Gerry Humphreys

    • Sound Editor

      Chris Greenham

    • Made entirely on location and completed at

      Twickenham Film Studios