Genre	Comedy :: Musical
Date Released	13 September 1972
Production	Cinenord Spillefilm
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Trivia and Quotes

Trivia

The screenplay was adapted by Peter Barnes from his play with few major changes. It cost around $1.4 million, with O`Toole working for free (he was instead paid a great deal for the big budget Man of La Mancha, released by the same studio later the same year). It was filmed at a sprawling estate in Harlaxton with the interiors reconstructed on sound stages.

(wikipedia.com)

Peter O`Toole described the movie as "a comedy with tragic relief".

(wikipedia.com)

Nigel Green committed suicide after production. It had already been decided that his dialog should be replaced by that of another actor in the finished film, Graham Crowden.

(imdb.com)

Alastair Sim cast himself in the role as the Bishop, according to the commentary on the DVD. He called up his friend Peter O`Toole and told him, out of the blue, of course he`d help him by taking the part. No one was about to turn down the offer of such a great character actor, no matter how eccentric.

(imdb.com)

Alastair Sim modeled his characterization of Bishop Lampton on the Primate of All England (chief religious figure in the Church of England), Michael Ramsay Archbishop of Canterbury (subsequently Baron Ramsay of Canterbury). Portraits of Ramsay in the National Gallery bear a likeness to the physical aspects of Sim`s character.

(imdb.com)

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