''The Chairman's Wife'' is a 1971
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short drama film
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directed by
Gerry O'Hara
Gerald O'Hara (born October 1924, Boston, Lincolnshire) is an English film and television director.
O'Hara was an assistant director on Laurence Olivier's film,
'' Richard III''; the Carol Reed film, '' Our Man in Havana'' and the Academy Award ...
and starring
John Osborne,
Zena Walker
Zena Cecilia Walker (7 March 1934 – 24 August 2003) was an English actress in film, theatre and television.
Biography
Walker was born in the Selly Oak district of Birmingham, the daughter of George Walker, a grocer, and his wife Elizabeth Lo ...
,
Fiona Lewis
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and
David de Keyser
David de Keyser (22 August 1927 – 20 February 2021) was an English actor and narrator.
Life and career
Born in London in August 1927, in the mid-sixties de Keyser worked twice with the writer, actor and director Jane Arden. Their first coll ...
. The wife of a company's chairman stages her own kidnapping in order to gain money.
The screenplay was part-written by
Julian Holloway
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Early life
Holloway wa ...
.
Cast
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John Osborne - Bernard Howe
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Zena Walker
Zena Cecilia Walker (7 March 1934 – 24 August 2003) was an English actress in film, theatre and television.
Biography
Walker was born in the Selly Oak district of Birmingham, the daughter of George Walker, a grocer, and his wife Elizabeth Lo ...
- Margaret Howe
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Fiona Lewis
Fiona Lewis (born 28 September 1946) is a British actress and writer from Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.Profile
, bfi.org.uk; acc ...
- Elaine Beckwith
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David de Keyser
David de Keyser (22 August 1927 – 20 February 2021) was an English actor and narrator.
Life and career
Born in London in August 1927, in the mid-sixties de Keyser worked twice with the writer, actor and director Jane Arden. Their first coll ...
- Superintendent
References
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1971 films
1971 drama films
British drama short films
1971 short films
Films directed by Gerry O'Hara
1970s English-language films
1970s British films
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