The Bespoke overcoat

United Kingdom, 1955

Film
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Fender has worked as a clerk for many years in the cold warehouse of Ranting & Co., and wants one of the warm sheepskin overcoats stacked around him. Ranting refuses, and Fender asks his friend Morry the tailor to make a coat for him. However, Fender is fired and dies of cold before the coat is finished. His troubled ghost returns to Morry, and persuades him to help him take what he feels is his due - a sheepskin coat from Ranting’s warehouse.

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Credits

producer/director

Jack Clayton

production company

Remus Films

Duration

00:37:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1955

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

320135

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q7716588

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