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John Arlotf reflects on a cricket season that was set alight by Tony Greig 's provocative ' We'll make them grovel.'
England's cricketers wilted under the scorching sun as they faced the barrage of the West Indian fast bowlers and the ferocious bat-ting that quickly blasted England's hopes to the far corners of our parched cricket grounds.
Producer DAVID KINNING

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlotf
Unknown:
Tony Greig
Producer:
David Kinning

A feature film starring Spencer Tracy and Milton Berle , Sid Caesar
Jimmy Durante , Buddy Hackett Ethel Merman , Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn , Phil Silvers
Terry-Thomas, Jonathan Winters
This comedy is about a group of crooks in pursuit of the loot of bank robber Smiler Grogan. A mammoth spectacular farce which features every conceivable comedy situation and slapstick joke ever perpetrated on the screen.
With BUSTER KEATON ,
DON KNOTTS , CARL REINER , THE THREE STOOGES, JOE E. BROWN , ANDY DEVINE , STERLING HOLLOWAY, MAR-VIN KAPLAN , CHARLES LANE , CHARLES MCGRAW , ZASU PITTS , MADLYN RHUE, ARNOLD STANG , JESSE WHITE , LLOYD CORRIGAN , SELMA DIAMOND, STAN FREBERG. LOUISE GLENN , BEN LESSY , BOBO LEWIS , MIKE MAZURKI , NICK STEWART , SAMMEE TONG, NORMAN FELL, NICHOLAS GEORGIADE
Director STANLEY KRAMER Films: pages 15-16

Contributors

Unknown:
Spencer Tracy
Unknown:
Milton Berle
Unknown:
Sid Caesar
Unknown:
Jimmy Durante
Unknown:
Buddy Hackett
Unknown:
Ethel Merman
Unknown:
Mickey Rooney
Unknown:
Dick Shawn
Unknown:
Phil Silvers
Unknown:
Jonathan Winters
Unknown:
Smiler Grogan.
Unknown:
Buster Keaton
Unknown:
Don Knotts
Unknown:
Carl Reiner
Unknown:
Joe E. Brown
Unknown:
Andy Devine
Unknown:
Vin Kaplan
Unknown:
Charles Lane
Unknown:
Charles McGraw
Unknown:
Zasu Pitts
Unknown:
Arnold Stang
Unknown:
Jesse White
Unknown:
Lloyd Corrigan
Unknown:
Stan Freberg.
Unknown:
Louise Glenn
Unknown:
Ben Lessy
Unknown:
Bobo Lewis
Unknown:
Mike Mazurki
Unknown:
Nick Stewart
Unknown:
Nicholas Georgiade
Director:
Stanley Kramer
Capt C G Culpeper:
Spencer Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton Berle
Melville Crump sid:
Caesar
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy Durante
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick Shawn
Otto Meyer:
Phil Silvers
J Algernon Hawthorne:
Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie Adams
Emmeline Finch:
Dorothy Provine
First cab driver:
Rochester'
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim Backus
Airplane pilot:
Ben Blue
Police Sergeant:
Alan Carney
Mrs Halliburton:
Barrie Chase
Chief Of Police:
William Demarest
Second cab driver:
Peter Falk
Col Wilberforce:
Paul Ford
Third cab driver:
Leo Gorcey
Dinckler:
Edwardeverett Horton

A television special made entirely on location in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

A Jon Jee production

Contributors

Special guest star:
Olivia Newton-John
Guest:
Valerie Harper
Guest:
Steve Martin
Musical director:
Milt Okun
Music arranged and conducted by:
Eddie Karam
Director:
Bill Davis
Producer:
Rich Eustis
Producer:
Al Rogers
Executive producer:
Jerry Weintraub

Vocal Gems Robert Tear and Benjamin Luxon accompanied by John Constable present an evening of Victorian songs and ballads including not only old favourites like ' Come Into the Garden Maud ' and ' Excelsior ', but a number of curious and entertaining rediscoveries.
Sound RICHARD CHUBB
Lighting OERRY MILLERSON Designer DAPHNE SHORTMAN
Executive producer JOHN DRUMMOND Producer BASIL COLEMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Luxon
Accompanied By:
John Constable
Designer:
Daphne Shortman
Producer:
John Drummond
Producer:
Basil Coleman

A film starring
Julie Christie , Terence Stamp Peter Finch , Alan Bates with Fiona Walker , PruneHa Ransome
Julie Christie plays Bathsheba, the beautiful wilful country girl who refuses the hand of her honest farmer neighbour Gabriel Oak , and after inheriting her uncle's farm, makes what turns out to be a disastrous marriage.
Screenplay by FREDERIC RAPHAEL from the novel by THOMAS HARDY Director JOHN SCHLESINGER Films: pages 15-14

Contributors

Unknown:
Julie Christie
Unknown:
Terence Stamp
Unknown:
Peter Finch
Unknown:
Alan Bates
Unknown:
Fiona Walker
Unknown:
Pruneha Ransome
Unknown:
Julie Christie
Unknown:
Gabriel Oak
Unknown:
Frederic Raphael
Novel By:
Thomas Hardy
Director:
John Schlesinger
Bathsheba:
Julie Christie
Sergeant Troy:
Terence Stamp
William Boldwood:
Peter Finch
Gabriel Oak:
Alan Bates
Liddy:
Fiona Walker
Fanny:
Prunella Ransome
Mrs Hurst:
Alison Leggatt
Henery Fray:
Paul Dawkins
Jan Coggan:
Julian Somers
Joseph Poorgrass:
John Barrett
Cainy Ball:
Freddie Jones
Andrew Randle:
Andrew Ransome

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