Ghost in the Noonday Sun
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| Directed by | Peter Medak |
| Produced by | Thomas Clyde Gareth Wigan |
| Written by | Evan Jones Spike Milligan |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan |
| Music by | Denis King |
| Cinematography | Michael Reed Larry Pizer |
| Editing by | Ray Lovejoy |
| Distributed by | Tyburn Entertainment (UK) Columbia Pictures (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 1973 |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Ghost in the Noonday Sun is a 1973 British comedy film, directed by Peter Medak, starring Peter Sellers, Anthony Franciosa and Spike Milligan. The script was written by Evan Jones and Ernest Tidyman (uncredited) with "additional dialogue" attributed to Spike Milligan. It was produced by Thomas Clyde & Gareth Wigan with cinematography by Michael Reed & Larry Pizer. The title and some of the plot details are based on the book of the same title by Newbery Medal-winning children's author Sid Fleischman.
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[edit] Plot
Bumbling pirate crewman (Sellers) kills his captain after learning where he has hidden buried treasure. However as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he's murdered to help him find the treasure. This film provided a reunion of sorts for Sellers with his onetime Goon Show colleague Spike Milligan, who appears halfway through the film.
[edit] Cast
- Peter Sellers as Dick Scratcher
- Anthony Franciosa as Pierre Rodriguez
- Spike Milligan as Bill Bombay
- Clive Revill as Bay of Algiers
- Peter Boyle as Ras Mohammed
- Richard Willis as Jeremiah
- James Villiers as Parsely-Frack
- Rosemary Leach as Kate
- Thomas Baptiste as Abdullah
- Murray Melvin as Hamldon
- Bill Kerr as Giacomo
[edit] Production
During filming Sellers quickly lost interest in the project and would often pretend to be sick, only to be later spotted water-skiing the same day. Co-star Tony Franciosa allegedly came within a hair's breadth of punching Sellers lights out on set because of a "he's more handsome than me" jealousy attack. Sellers allegedly launched a racist niggling campaign which got so bad Spike Milligan was flown in, initially to act as Sellers minder and later to pep up the script. Released several years after filming was wrapped and after Sellers' death (1980) in the 80's, the film was semi-completed and released on VHS. The film never received a fully fledged theatrical release.
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