The Man Who Had Power Over Women
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The Man Who Had Power Over Women is a 1970 British
comedy film
directed by John Krish
and starring Rod Taylor, Carol White
and James Booth
. A successful Australian talent agent
grows disenchanted with his life, which includes includes a failing marriage and having to represent a troublesome rock group. Further complicating things, he begins an affair with his best friends wife.
who left the project prior to shooting. The screenwriters were Chris Bryant
and Adam Scott, who were so upset with subsequent changes made they requested their names be taken off the film.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by John Krish
John Krish
John Krish is a British screenwriter and film director. He has also directed and filmed much archive footage and in particular Our School in 1962, showing the changing ways of Britain's school and the last few years of the 11-plus exam...
and starring Rod Taylor, Carol White
Carol White
Carol White was a British actress.She achieved notability for her performances in the television play Cathy Come Home and the films Poor Cow and I'll Never Forget What's'isname , but alcoholism and drug abuse damaged her career, and from the early 1970s she worked infrequently.-Life and...
and James Booth
James Booth
James Booth was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. Though handsome enough to play leading roles, and versatile enough to play a wide variety of character parts, Booth naturally projected a shifty, wolfish, or unpredictable quality that led inevitably to villainous roles...
. A successful Australian talent agent
Talent agent
A talent agent, or booking agent, is a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses. Having an agent is not required, but does help the artist in getting jobs...
grows disenchanted with his life, which includes includes a failing marriage and having to represent a troublesome rock group. Further complicating things, he begins an affair with his best friends wife.
Production
The original director was Silvio NarizzanoSilvio Narizzano
Silvio Narizzano was a Canadian film director, educated at Bishop's University, Quebec.His best received film was Georgy Girl , which was entered into the 16th Berlin International Film Festival...
who left the project prior to shooting. The screenwriters were Chris Bryant
Chris Bryant
Christopher John Bryant is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Rhondda since 2001...
and Adam Scott, who were so upset with subsequent changes made they requested their names be taken off the film.
Cast
- Rod Taylor - Peter Reaney
- Carol WhiteCarol WhiteCarol White was a British actress.She achieved notability for her performances in the television play Cathy Come Home and the films Poor Cow and I'll Never Forget What's'isname , but alcoholism and drug abuse damaged her career, and from the early 1970s she worked infrequently.-Life and...
- Jody Pringle - James BoothJames BoothJames Booth was an English film, stage and television actor and screenwriter. Though handsome enough to play leading roles, and versatile enough to play a wide variety of character parts, Booth naturally projected a shifty, wolfish, or unpredictable quality that led inevitably to villainous roles...
- Val Pringle - Penelope Horner - Angela Reaney
- Charles KorvinCharles KorvinCharles Korvin was a film and television actor. The Piešťany, Hungary-born actor moved to the United States in 1940 after studying at the Sorbonne. Korvin made his stage debut on Broadway in 1943 using the name Geza Korvin...
- Alfred Felix - Alexandra StewartAlexandra StewartAlexandra Stewart is a Canadian actress.Born in Montreal, Quebec, Alexandra Stewart left for Paris, France, in 1958, to study art...
- Frances - Keith BarronKeith BarronKeith Barron is an English actor and television presenter, well-known from numerous roles on British television from the 1960s to the present day.-Career:...
- Jake Braid - Clive FrancisClive Francis-Early life:He is the son of actors Raymond Francis and Margaret Towner. He was born in Eastbourne.His father played Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart in the 1960s series No Hiding Place and his mother still acts today - most recently she played Jira, Anakin Skywalker's friend, in Star...
- Barry Black - Marie-France BoyerMarie-France BoyerMarie-France Boyer is a French actress, singer and the author of many internationally published non-fiction books on France...
- Maggie - Magali NoëlMagali NoëlMagali Noël is a Turkish-French actress and singer. Originally from Izmir, she emigrated from Turkey to France in 1951, and her acting career began soon thereafter. She acted in multilingual cinema chiefly from 1951 to 1980, doing several films in Italian with renowned director Federico Fellini,...
- Mrs Franchetti - Geraldine MoffatGeraldine MoffatGeraldine Moffat is a British film and television actress and is the mother of Sam Houser & Dan Houser.-Selected filmography:* The Man Who Had Power Over Women * Get Carter * Quest for Love * The Last Chapter...
- Lydia Blake - Wendy HamiltonWendy HamiltonWendy Hamilton may refer to:* Wendy Hamilton , model and actress best known for her work in Playboy* Wendy J. Hamilton, former president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving...
- Mary Gray - Ellis Dale - Norman
- Philip StonePhilip StonePhilip Stone was an English actor.He was born Philip Stones in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Stone appeared in three successive Stanley Kubrick films: playing the central character's "Dad" in A Clockwork Orange , "Graham" in Barry Lyndon and as "Delbert Grady," the original caretaker in The Shining...
- Angela's father - Matthew Booth - Mark Pringle
- Sara Booth - Sarah Pringle
- Virginia Clay - Mrs Pringle
- Jimmy JewelJimmy JewelJames Arthur Thomas J. Marsh, known as Jimmy Jewel, was a British television and film actor.The son of a comedian and actor who also used the stage name Jimmy Jewel, the youngster made his stage debut in Robinson Crusoe in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, at the age of four, performed with his father...
- Mr Pringle - Diana Chance - Stripper
- Patrick Durkin - Herbie
- Paul FarrellPaul FarrellPaul Farrell was an Irish film and television actor.He is best remembered as the "Tramp", in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange .-Selected filmography:* Ourselves Alone...
- Reaney's father - Geoffrey HughesGeoffrey HughesGeoffrey Hughes, DL is an English actor.As well as a wide range of TV and film appearances, Hughes is best known for a series of supporting roles in popular UK television dramas...
- Policeman - Valerie LeonValerie LeonValerie Leon is an English actress who had roles in a number of high profile British film franchises, including the Carry On series.-Early life:...
- Glenda - Ruth Trouncer - Mrs Gray