The Adding Machine (1969)

Country of Origin: UK/USA
Year of Production: 1969
Running Times: 99m
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DIRECTION

Directed by: Jerome Epstein

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: MCMLXZVIII [1968] Universal Pictures Ltd.
Production Companies: A Jerome Epstein production for Universal Pictures Ltd
Produced by: Jerome Epstein
Production Manager: L.C. Rudkin

SCRIPT
Written for the Screen by: Jerome Epstein
Based Upon the Play The Adding Machine by: Elmer Rice
Additional Gags For Heaven Sequence: Charles Chaplin (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Ray Corbett
Continuity: Helen Whitson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Walter Lassally
Camera Operator: Ronnie Fox-Rogers

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Gerry Hambling
Assistant Editor: Brian Sinclair
Colour by: Technicolor

MUSIC
Music Composed and Conducted by: Mike Leander and Lambert Williamson
Theme: Charles Chaplin (uncredited)

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Happy Days are Here Again"
By Milton Ager and Jack Yellen

"How Small We Are, How Little We Knew"
By Earl Wilson Jnr

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Brian Marshall
Sound Mixers: Jon Blunt, Bert Coot
Sound Editors: Roy Norman, Charles Bowers

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Costume Designer: Gabriella Falk
Wardrobe Mistress: Ruth Knight
Make-up: Alan Brownie
Hairstyles: Stephanie Kaye

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Titles: Tom Taylor, Caravel Studios

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Jack Shampan
Assistant Art Director: John Lageu
Set Dresser: Mike Pittel

OTHER CREW
Production Accountant: Arno Rudolf
1930s Research: Dennis Brandt

LOCATIONS
Made at Shepperton Studios, London, England and on location in Cornwall

CAST

Starring
Phyllis Diller (Mrs Zero)
Milo O'Shea (Mr Zero)
Billie Whitelaw (Daisy)

Also Starring
Sydney Chaplin (Lt Charles)

and
Julian Glover (Shrdlu)

With
Raymond Huntley (Smithers)
Libby Morris (Ethel)
Paddy O'Neill (Mabel)
Hugh McDermott (Harry)
Phil Brown (Ben)

And
Carol Cleveland (Judy)
Kenny Damon (Joe)
C. Denier Warren (jury foreman)
Tommy Dugan (judge)
Bruce Boa (detective)

John Brandon (1st cell jailer)
Hal Galili (2nd cell jailer)
Tony Caunter (3rd cell jailer)
Bill Hutchinson (Judy's lover)
Helen Elliott (2nd apartment girl)
John Bloomfield, Helena Stevens, Alan Surtees, Christine Pryor, Cal McCord, Shirley Cooklin, Anthony Harwood (apartment tenants)
Bill Nagy (lawyer)
Nicholas Stuart (District Attorney)
Gordon Sterne, Mike Reed (exrcise yard guards)
Lola Lloyd (coffee girl)
George Margo (gateman in arcade)
George Roderick (hot dog vendor)
Janet Brown (fat woman)
Janie Baron (thin woman)
John Cook (husband)

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Regional Film Distributors

PERIODICALS

Shock Cinema 10 p.4 (UK)
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BOOKS

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film p.4
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Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.3
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OTHER SOURCES

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Last Updated: 16 January, 2010