| The Man Who Loved Redheads | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harold French |
| Written by | Terence Rattigan |
| Produced by | Josef Somlo |
| Starring | Moira Shearer John Justin Roland Culver |
| Cinematography | Georges Périnal |
| Edited by | Bert Bates |
| Music by | Benjamin Frankel |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date | 1955 |
Running time | 100 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £94,870 (UK) [1] |
The Man Who Loved Redheads is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Moira Shearer, John Justin and Roland Culver.[2] The film is based on the play Who is Sylvia? (1950) by Terence Rattigan.
It contains a ballet sequence containing extracts from The Sleeping Beauty, which was decorated by Loudon Sainthill.
The film was the last movie from director Harold French:
I didn't like that - I didn't enjoy making it, or seeing it. I got on all right with Moira but I didn't think she was quite strong enough. I felt we were under-cast. You couldn't meet a nicer man than the leading man, John Justin, but I really wanted Kenneth More. But it wasn't a very good play and Terry did the screenplay as well. Of course Gladys Cooper steals the whole think in the last few minutes... I quarrelled with Korda about it. I had a clause in my contract with him that he wasn't to come on the set, but he did come a few times and suggest very old fashioned ideas. His days as a great producer were pretty much over by then and he was tired.[3]
