Long Shot (1978)

Film details

Featuring

Charles Gormley Neville Smith Anne Zelda
Director

Maurice Hatton
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1978
Genre

Comedy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy, satire. During the Edinburgh Film Festival, Charlie, a Scottish producer of documentaries and shorts, and Neville, a scriptwriter from Liverpool, try to find and convince director Samuel Fuller to direct Neville's screenplay for an adventure movie called 'Gulf and Western'.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Charlie
    
    Charles Gormley
  - Neville
    
    Neville Smith
  - Annie
    
    Anne Zelda
  - Margo's voice
    
    Mary Maddox
  - director, "Scripts Ltd"
    
    Jill Beck
  - a distributor
    
    David C. Stone
  - Sue
    
    Suzanne Danielle
  - American director
    
    Ron Taylor
  - another director
    
    Wim Wenders
  - biscuit man
    
    Stephen Frears
  - professor of sexual politics
    
    Jim Haines
  - driver to Forth Bridge
    
    Jacqui Byford
  - French-Canadian director
    
    Maurice Bulbulian
  - Billie
    
    Bill Forsyth
  - gallery owner
    
    Richard Demarco
  - Neville's doctor
    
    Alan Bennett
  - TV producer
    
    Sarah Boston
  - cartoonist
    
    Mel Calman
  - an actress
    
    Susannah York
  - an agent
    
    Dennis Selinger
  - a film executive
    
    Sandy Lieberson
  - the director
    
    John Boorman
  - cast member
    
    Lynda Myles (uncredited)
Credits
- Direction:
  - Director
    
    Maurice Hatton
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Mithras Films Ltd.
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Mithras Films Ltd.
  - Producer
    
    Maurice Hatton
  - Production Assistant
    
    Sukie Dimpfl
  - Production Assistant
    
    John Furse
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kate Goodwin
  - Production Assistant
    
    Paul Sparrow
  - Production Assistant
    
    Manuel Gélin
  - Production Assistant
    
    Toby Reisz
  - Production Assistant
    
    Jacqui Byford
  - Production Assistant
    
    Hercules Bellville
  Writing:
  - Screenplay
    
    Eoin McCann
  - Original story
    
    Maurice Hatton
  Photography:
  - Photography (Edinburgh)
    
    Mike Davis
  - Photography (London)
    
    Mike Dodds
  - Photography (London)
    
    Ivan Strasburg
  - Photography (Hollywood)
    
    Teo Davis
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Howard Sharp
  Music:
  - Music
    
    Terry Dougherty
  Sound:
  - Sound Recording
    
    Diana Ruston
  - Additional sound
    
    Eoin McCann
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Peter Rann