| released = {{Film date|df=y|1968|02|11|US|1968|9|19|UK}} ...edy-drama film]] directed by [[Albert Finney]] (in his feature directorial debut) and starring Finney, [[Billie Whitelaw]] and [[Liza Minnelli]].<ref name="

...ilm director|film director]], best known for the long-running ''[[Carry On films|Carry On]]'' series of British film comedies. ...by his older brother, [[w:Ralph Thomas|Ralph Thomas]]. His own directorial debut was the [[w:short film|short film]] ''[[w:Circus Friends|Circus Friends]]''

| studio = Highroad Productions<br>Bruce Cohn Curtis Films, Ltd. ...ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FszeCwAAQBAJ&q=otley+1968+denis+gifford&pg=PT1060|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The

| studio = [[London Weekend Television]]<br />[[Working Title Films]] | distributor = [[Virgin Films|Virgin Vision]]

...964) and ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' (1965). He also scripted several films directed by others, such as ''[[The League of Gentlemen (film)|The League o ...o act, appearing on stage and playing numerous supporting roles in British films, in particular ''[[An Inspector Calls (1954 film)|An Inspector Calls]]'' (1

...musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Jo *[[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] as Chorus Girl (uncredited and film debut)

...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate

...which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian|Life of Brian]]'' and ''[[Monty Python's T === Directorial work ===

...ey, The Guardian 7 July 1961: 19.</ref> and in 1958, made his London stage debut in [[Jane Arden (director)|Jane Arden]]'s ''[[The Party (play)|The Party]]' ...don, England|date=3 January 1964|page=4}}</ref> Finney received 10% of the films earnings, which made him over $1 million.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Va

...",<ref name="Guardian: star dies" /> Le Mesurier appeared in more than 120 films across a range of genres, normally in smaller supporting parts. ...From there he took a position in [[repertory theatre]] and made his stage debut in September 1934 at the Palladium Theatre in [[Edinburgh]] in the [[J. B.

...performing at the [[Oxford Playhouse]] in 1952, and made her professional debut on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in ''New Faces of '56''. Over the followin === 1952–1968: National Theatre ===

* {{marriage|[[w:Britt Ekland|Britt Ekland]]|1964|1968|reason=divorced}} ...ich toured Britain and the Far East. After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ''ShowTime'', and eventually became a regular performer on various [[w:B