The Comedy Man

The Comedy Man is a 1964 British drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw. It depicts the life of a struggling actor in Swinging London.

Sacked from his job in provincial rep, actor Chick Byrd moves into digs in London with Julian, a fellow actor. Julians career soars after a successful screen test, but Chicks meets with continued failure. Mobilised into action by the suicide of a friend, Chick auditions for a TV commercial and finally finds fame. Confident of his talents for the first time, but fearing he may have sold out, Chick leaves London to return to rep.Radio Times wrote, written by Peter Yeldham with a nice balance between irony and drama, and directed by Alvin Rakoff with an accurate eye for the dingy environments and brave bonhomie of unemployed actors, this modest British film boasts a superior cast while Allmovie wrote, matching Mores terrific starring performance are such British regulars as Dennis Price, Billie Whitelaw, Cecil Parker, Norm Rossington, and Frank Finlay and the Sunday Mirror noted, Kenneth More in the greatest performance of his career. Brilliantly directed. ........

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