The Punch and Judy Man

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The Punch and Judy Man is a 1963 British comedy film starring Tony Hancock as a disillusioned seaside puppeteer struggling with small-town snobbery and his own fading career.

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instanceOf British comedy film
film
artDirectionBy Geoffrey Drake
basedOn original screenplay
character Delia Pinner
Edward Cox
Mayor of Piltdown
cinematography Arthur Grant
costumeDesignBy Julie Harris
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Jeremy Summers
distributor J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Rank Organisation
distributorRegion United Kingdom
editor Bill Lenny
filmingLocation Bognor Regis
format black-and-white film
genre comedy film
satirical film
hasTheme class distinctions in small-town England
disillusionment with show business
social snobbery
leadActorCharacter Tony Hancock
surface form: Tony Hancock as Wally Pinner
mainCharacter Wally Pinner
musicBy Philip Green
notableFor one of Tony Hancock's few leading cinema roles
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A disillusioned seaside puppeteer struggles with small-town snobbery and his fading career.
producer Michael Relph
productionCompany The Rank Organisation
surface form: Rank Organisation
productionDesigner Geoffrey Drake
protagonistOccupation The Punch and Judy Man self-linksurface differs
surface form: Punch and Judy man
releaseDate 1963-04-07
releaseYear 1963
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Philip Oakes
Tony Hancock
setting fictional seaside town of Piltdown
soundtrackComposer Philip Green
spouseOfProtagonistCharacter Delia Pinner
starring Barbara Murray
Hugh Lloyd
John Le Mesurier
Ronald Fraser
Sylvia Syms
Tony Hancock
timePeriodDepicted early 1960s

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Tony Hancock notableWork The Punch and Judy Man
The Punch and Judy Man protagonistOccupation The Punch and Judy Man self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Punch and Judy man