''Out of Bounds'' is a
comedy thriller
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They often include a darker tone, relative to other genres, of humor.
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* '' The Big Fix'' (1978)
* ''Charad ...
play
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by the British writer
Arthur Watkyn
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. It enjoyed a successful run at
Wyndham's Theatre
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in the
West End with
Michael Redgrave
Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Mourning Becomes Elect ...
in the
lead role
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of Lancelot Dodd, a naive
headmaster
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who is an exact
Doppelgänger
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of a British spy who has recently died.
[Lachman p.123] The West End cast also included
Pauline Jameson
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After starting in Repertory_theatre#Wee ...
,
Anton Diffring
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,
Graham Armitage
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Armitage was born in Blackpool in Lancashire, the son of Albert Edward Armitage (1908–1959) and Isabel W. ''née'' Bailes (1909–). In 1947 Harv ...
,
Peter Stephens,
Michael Balfour,
Michael Bates,
and
Charles Heslop
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His stage successes include a musical version of '' Tons of Money'', which toured Australia for Hugh J. Ward in 1924, co-starring Dot Brunton.
He ...
. It was directed by
Harold French
Harold French (23 April 1897 – 19 October 1997) was an English film director, screenwriter and actor.
Biography
After training at the Italia Conti School, he made his acting debut age 12, in a production of ''The Winter's Tale''. As an ...
.
Film adaptation
In 1964 it was made into a West German film ''
A Mission for Mr. Dodd
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'' directed by
Günter Gräwert
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and
Heinz Rühmann
Heinrich Wilhelm "Heinz" Rühmann (; 7 March 1902 – 3 October 1994) was a German film actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1926 and 1993. He is one of the most famous and popular German actors of the 20th century, and is considered a Ge ...
and
Maria Sebaldt
Maria Katharina Helene Sebaldt (26 April 1930 in Berlin-Steglitz) is a German actress.
Life
The daughter of a department head of the Paramount film distribution company took private acting lessons from 1946 to 1949 and passed an acting examinat ...
.
Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack, 20 October 1916 – 19 May 1989) was a German-born character actor who had an extensive career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s, latterly appearing in international films. He appeared in ove ...
who had appeared in the West End play, was also in the film cast.
References
Bibliography
* Lachman, Marvin. ''The Villainous Stage: Crime Plays on Broadway and in the West End''. McFarland, 2014.
1962 plays
British plays
West End plays
Comedy plays
Plays set in London
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Plays by Arthur Watkyn
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