The Extra Day
Directed byWilliam Fairchild
Written byWilliam Fairchild
Produced byE.M. Smedley Aston
(as Smedley Aston)
StarringRichard Basehart
Simone Simon
George Baker
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byPhilip Green
Color processColour
Production
company
William Fairchild Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 25 June 1956 (1956-06-25)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£83,383 (UK)[1]

The Extra Day is a 1956 British comedy-drama film directed by William Fairchild and starring Richard Basehart, Simone Simon and George Baker.

Plot

After the final scene of a film is lost by the driver taking it to the printing lab, the cast and extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot. This proves to be quite an endeavour. The director, German exile Kurt Vorn, sends several people out to gather the required actors, who are mainly in theatres.

Meanwhile Ronnie, a new Sinatra-style crooner, sings to crowds of adoring girls. His girlfriend Toni struggles to cope with this, until he announces to his adoring fans that he is going to marry her. The public proposal pushes Joe into also proposing, which is met with a slap on the face.

However, once all are assembled, the driver Harry returns with a battered film canister, saying the reshoot is not needed after all.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p508


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