Unman, Wittering and Zigo (film)
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Unman, Wittering and Zigo is a 1971 British
thriller film directed by John Mackenzie and starring David Hemmings
, Douglas Wilmer
and Tony Haygarth
. It is adapted from the 1950s radio play Unman, Wittering and Zigo
. A new teacher arrives at a school to discover his predecessor was murdered by the pupils.
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...
thriller film directed by John Mackenzie and starring David Hemmings
David Hemmings
David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....
, Douglas Wilmer
Douglas Wilmer
-Early life:Wilmer was born in London and educated at King's School, Canterbury and Stonyhurst College. He trained at RADA but was called up to the Army in World War II. Posted to an antitank battery in the Royal West African Frontier Force, he was invalided out after he acquired tuberculosis. He...
and Tony Haygarth
Tony Haygarth
Tony Haygarth is an English television, film and theatre actor.-Career:At the age of eighteen, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully...
. It is adapted from the 1950s radio play Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo is a 1958 radio play by the Anglo-Irish playwright Giles Cooper.-Plot:The play is a thriller set in a traditional boys boarding school where a senior form master has just been killed in a tragic accident. The main character is John Ebony, a teacher in his first job,...
. A new teacher arrives at a school to discover his predecessor was murdered by the pupils.
Cast
- David HemmingsDavid HemmingsDavid Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....
- John Ebony - Douglas WilmerDouglas Wilmer-Early life:Wilmer was born in London and educated at King's School, Canterbury and Stonyhurst College. He trained at RADA but was called up to the Army in World War II. Posted to an antitank battery in the Royal West African Frontier Force, he was invalided out after he acquired tuberculosis. He...
- Headmaster - Tony HaygarthTony HaygarthTony Haygarth is an English television, film and theatre actor.-Career:At the age of eighteen, Haygarth worked unsuccessfully as a lifeguard in Torquay, and also tried escapology, equally unsuccessfully...
- Cary Farthingale - Carolyn SeymourCarolyn SeymourCarolyn Seymour is an English actress, best associated with portraying the role of Abby Grant in the BBC series Survivors in 1975....
- Silvia Ebony - Hamilton DyceHamilton DyceHamilton Dyce was a British film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* Whistle Down the Wind * Dr. Crippen * Mrs...
- Mr. Winstanley - Barbara LottBarbara LottBarbara Dulcie Lott was a British actress probably best remembered as Ronnie Corbett's character's mother, Phyllis Lumsden in the comedy series Sorry!...
- Mrs. Winstanley - Donald Gee - Stretton
- David JacksonDavid Jackson (British actor)David Jackson was a British actor best known for his role as Olag Gan in the Blake's 7 first two seasons and as Detective Constable Braithwaite in Z Cars from 1972-1978...
- Clackworth - Hubert ReesHubert ReesHubert Rees was a Welsh character actor who had supporting roles in British television shows throughout the 1970s and 1980s.-Career:...
- Blisterine - David AukerDavid Auker- Filmography :Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason .... Clive*aka Bridget Jones - Am Rande des Wahnsinns *aka Bridget Jones - L'age 2 raison *aka Bridget Jones 2...
- Aggeridge - Tom MorrisTom MorrisTom Morris may refer to:*Old Tom Morris , early golf champion*Young Tom Morris , son of the above, also a golf champion*Tom Morris footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. in the 1890s and 1900s...
- Ankerton - Richard Gill - Borby
- Michael KitchenMichael KitchenMichael Kitchen is an English actor and television producer, best known for his starring role as DCS Foyle in the British TV series Foyle's War.-Early life:...
- Bungabine - Nicholas Hoye - Cloistermouth
- Tom Owen - Cuthbun