The Rebel (Call Me Genius) (1961)
Release Date: Mar 7, 1961 Wide
Release Date: Mar 7, 1961 Wide
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Zany British comedian Tony Hancock was briefly a major draw in the 1960s, with several popular TV series, sellout personal appearances, and a string of theatrical films to his credit. In The Rebel (released in the US as Call Me Genius), Hancock plays a middle-class businessman who decides to chuck it all and become a painter. He heads for Paris, there to starve in an attic until fame and fortune comes calling. Like many British comedies of the era, The Rebel has great fun at expense of modern
Mar 7, 1961 Wide
Cast
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Tony Hancock
Anthony Hancock -
George Sanders
Sir Charles Broward -
Paul Massie
Paul -
Margit Saad
Margot -
Grégoire Aslan
Carreras -
Irene Handl
Mrs. Crevatte -
Mervyn Johns
Manager of Art Gallery ... -
Peter Bull
Manager of Art Gallery ... -
John Le Mesurier
Office manager -
Liz Fraser
Waitress -
Nanette Newman
Josey -
Marie Burke
Madame Laurent -
Marie Devereaux
Yvette -
Mario Fabrizi
Coffee Bar attendant -
Sandor Elès
Artist -
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Dennis Price
Jim Smith -
Oliver Reed
Artist in Cafe -
John Wood
Poet -
Victor Platt
Dock Official -
Bernard Rebel
Art Dealer -
Neville Becker
Artist
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Foreign Titles
- Call Me Genius (The Rebel) (DE)
- The Rebel (UK)
