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The Bespoke Overcoat
Directed by	Jack Clayton
Produced by	George K. Arthur Jack Clayton
Written by	Nikolai Gogol Wolf Mankowitz
Starring	Alfie Bass David Kossoff
Cinematography	Wolfgang Suschitzky
Editing by	Stan Hawkes
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	7 October 1956
Running time	33 minutes
Country	UK
Language	English

The Bespoke Overcoat (1956) is a British film short directed by Jack Clayton, based on a 1953 play of the same name by Wolf Mankowitz. The story is an adaptation of Gogol's short story The Overcoat with the action relocated from Russia to the East End of London. In this version the protagonists are poor Jews working in the clothing trade. It won an Academy Award in 1957 for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). ^[1]

Cast

Of Pups and Puzzles (1941 - 1 reel) · Main Street on the March! (1941 - 2 reel) · Speaking of Animals and Their Families (1942 - 1 reel) · Beyond the Line of Duty (1942 - 2 reel) · Amphibious Fighters (1943 - 1 reel) · Heavenly Music (1943 - 2 reel) · Who's Who in Animal Land (1944 - 1 reel) · I Won't Play (1944 - 2 reel) · Stairway to Light (1945 - 1 reel) · Star in the Night (1945 - 2 reel) · Facing Your Danger (1946 - 1 reel) · A Boy and His Dog (1946 - 2 reel) · Goodbye, Miss Turlock (1947 - 1 reel) · Climbing the Matterhorn (1947 - 2 reel) · Symphony of a City (1948 - 1 reel) · Seal Island (1948 - 2 reel) · Aquatic House Party (1949 - 1 reel) · A Boy and His Dog (1949 - 2 reel) · Grandad of Races (1950 - 1 reel) · In Beaver Valley (1950 - 2 reel) · World of Kids (1951 - 1 reel) · Nature's Half Acre (1951 - 2 reel) · Light in the Window (1952 - 1 reel) · Water Birds (1952 - 2 reel) · Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (1953 - 1 reel) · Bear Country (1953 - 2 reel) · This Mechanical Age (1954 - 1 reel) · A Time Out of War (1954 - 2 reel) · Survival City (1955 - 1 reel) · The Face of Lincoln (1955 - 2 reel) · Crashing the Water Barrier (1956 - 1 reel) · The Bespoke Overcoat (1956 - 2 reel) · The Wetback Hound (1957) · Grand Canyon (1958) · The Golden Fish (1959) · Day of the Painter (1960)

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	Alfie Bass (Actor, Comedy/Drama)
	Jack Clayton (Director, Writer, Drama/Comedy)
	George K. Arthur

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