Thursday 22 November 2018

The Spanish Gardener (1956 Phillip Leacock)

Whilst experiencing the film in an uncomfortable 4x3 crop of whatever VistaVision shape it's supposed to be in, this is an interesting on-location relationship drama involving brink-of-madness Michael Hordern, his son Jon Whiteley and gardener Dirk Bogarde. With Cyril Cusack, Maureen Swanson, Geoffrey Keen (the doctor), Bernard Lee, Lyndon Brook, Josephine Griffin.


Takes the assertive stance to voice all the Spanish characters in English accents. From A.J. Cronin's 1950 novel, adapted by John Bryan and Lesley Storm.

Shot by Christopher Challis in Technicolor, edited by Reginald Mills, music by John Veale. Filmed in Sagaró near Girona on the Costa Brava.


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