The Spanish Gardener

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The Spanish Gardener is a 1956 British drama film, based on A.J. Cronin’s novel, about the friendship between a diplomat’s lonely son and a kind gardener in Franco-era Spain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British drama film
film
adaptationOf The Spanish Gardener (novel) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork A. J. Cronin NERFINISHED
basedOn The Spanish Gardener (novel) NERFINISHED
certificateUK U
cinematographyBy Arthur Ibbetson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Philip Leacock NERFINISHED
distributor J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors NERFINISHED
Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editor John D. Guthridge NERFINISHED
era post-war British cinema
filmFormat colour
filmingStudio Pinewood Studios NERFINISHED
genre drama film
hasCensorshipContext Franco-era Spain setting
hasSetting a coastal town in Spain
hasSubject children
diplomats
gardeners
hasTitle The Spanish Gardener NERFINISHED
isAdaptation yes
leadActor Dirk Bogarde NERFINISHED
Jon Whiteley NERFINISHED
Michael Hordern NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Harrington Brande NERFINISHED
José NERFINISHED
Nicholas NERFINISHED
medium cinema
musicBy John Veale NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme class differences
friendship
parent–child relationship
novelPublicationYear 1950s
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A lonely diplomat’s son in Spain befriends a kind gardener, causing conflict with his possessive father.
producer Michael Balcon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
releaseDateUK 1956
releaseYear 1956
runtimeMinutes 96
screenplayBasedOn novel by A. J. Cronin
screenwriter Leslie Storm NERFINISHED
settingCountry Spain NERFINISHED
settingPeriod Francoist Spain NERFINISHED

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Jon Whiteley notableWork The Spanish Gardener
Jeremy Spenser notableWork The Spanish Gardener
Peter Bull notableWork The Spanish Gardener
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Malcolm Keen notableWork The Spanish Gardener
Maureen Swanson notableWork The Spanish Gardener