Lease of Life

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Lease of Life is a 1954 British drama film about a village vicar facing a terminal illness, produced by Ealing Studios and starring Robert Donat.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
aspectOf British cinema of the 1950s
basedOn original screenplay
cinematography Otto Heller NERFINISHED
colourProcess Technicolor NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Charles Frend NERFINISHED
distributor Rank Organisation NERFINISHED
editedBy Seth Holt NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Yorkshire, England NERFINISHED
format feature film
genre drama film
hasTerminalIllnessPlot true
hasVicarProtagonist true
mainCharacter Reverend William Thorne NERFINISHED
musicBy John Addison NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of Robert Donat's final film roles
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A village vicar learns he has a terminal illness and reevaluates his life and duties.
producedIn 1950s
producer Michael Balcon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Ealing Studios NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1954-09-13
releaseYear 1954
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Eric Ambler NERFINISHED
William Rose NERFINISHED
setting Yorkshire NERFINISHED
starring Adrienne Corri NERFINISHED
Denholm Elliott NERFINISHED
Geoffrey Keen NERFINISHED
Kay Walsh NERFINISHED
Robert Donat NERFINISHED
Vida Hope NERFINISHED
Walter Fitzgerald NERFINISHED
Wilfrid Hyde-White NERFINISHED
theme duty
faith
family relationships
mortality

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Sir Michael Balcon notableWork Lease of Life
subject surface form: Michael Balcon
Charles Frend notableWork Lease of Life
Gordon Dines notableWork Lease of Life