Only When I Larf (film)

Only When I Larf

Directed by	Basil Dearden
Produced by	Len Deighton Brian Duffy
Screenplay by	John Salmon
Based on	Only When I Larf by Len Deighton
Starring	Richard Attenborough David Hemmings Alexandra Stewart Nicholas Pennell
Music by	Ron Grainer
Cinematography	Anthony B. Richmond
Edited by	Fergus McDonell
Distributed by	Paramount
Release dates	1968
Running time	104 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Only When I Larf is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings and Alexandra Stewart.^[1] It is adapted from the novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises.^[1]

Plot

A trio of confidence tricksters (Attenborough, Hemmings and Stewart), attempt to swindle an African state into buying crates full of scrap metal instead of anti-tank guns.^[2]

Cast

Richard Attenborough as Silas Lowther
David Hemmings as Bob
Alexandra Stewart as Liz Mason
Nicholas Pennell as Spencer
Melissa Stribling as Diana
Terence Alexander as Gee Gee Gray
Edric Connor as Awana
Clifton Jones as General Sakut
Calvin Lockhart as Ali Lin
Brian Grellis as Spider
David Healy as Jones
Alan Gifford as Poster

Reviews

It received mixed reviews,^[3]^[1] including "a plodding adaptation";^[4] and praise for its "sound, unfussy direction and witty, observed thesping."^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Only When I Larf". Variety. 1967-12-31. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
↑ "Only When I Larf". BFI. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
↑ Canby, Vincent. "Only When I Larf". The New York Times.
↑ "Only When I Larf". Time Out.

External links

Only When I Larf at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Basil Dearden

The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
The Bells Go Down (1943)
My Learned Friend (1943)
The Halfway House (1944)
Dead of Night (1945)
They Came to a City (1945)
The Captive Heart (1946)
Frieda (1947)
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
Train of Events (1949)
The Blue Lamp (1950)
Cage of Gold (1950)
Pool of London (1951)
I Believe in You (1952)
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
The Square Ring (1953)
The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
Out of the Clouds (1955)
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Who Done It? (1956)
The Green Man (1956)
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Violent Playground (1958)
Sapphire (1959)
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Man in the Moon (1960)
The Secret Partner (1961)
Victim (1961)
All Night Long (1962)
Life for Ruth (1962)
The Mind Benders (1963)
A Place to Go (1963)
Woman of Straw (1964)
Masquerade (1965)
Khartoum (1966)
Only When I Larf (1968)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)

Works by Len Deighton

"Unnamed hero" novels

The IPCRESS File (1962)
Horse Under Water (1963)
Funeral in Berlin (1964)
Billion-Dollar Brain (1966)
An Expensive Place to Die (1967)
Spy Story (1972)
Yesterday's Spy (1975)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy (1976)

Bernard Samson novels

Berlin Game (1983)
Mexico Set (1984)
London Match (1985)
Winter (1987)
Spy Hook (1988)
Spy Line (1989)
Spy Sinker (1990)
Faith (1994)
Hope (1995)
Charity (1996)

Other novels

Only When I Larf (1968)
Bomber (1970)
Close-Up (1972)
SS-GB (1978)
XPD (1981)
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (1982)
MAMista (1991)
City of Gold (1992)
Violent Ward, (1993)

Short story collection

Declarations of War (1971)

Non-fiction

Où Est le Garlic (1965)
Len Deighton's Action Cookbook (1965)
Len Deighton's London Dossier (1967)
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain (1977)
Airshipwreck (1978)
Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk (1979)
Battle of Britain (1980)
Blood, Tears and Folly (1993)
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father (2012)

Film adaptations

Harry Palmer	The IPCRESS File (1965) Funeral in Berlin (1966) Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Bullet to Beijing (1995) Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)

Other	Only When I Larf (1968) Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) Spy Story (1976)

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