This obscure 1972 thriller features excellent performances by Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed, and marks the feature debut of the great director Michael Apted. The wartime home front drama takes a surprisingly precocious and sensitive view of a bizarre incident that probably happened in real life: to escape his military service, a reluctant soldier cross-dresses as a woman.
The Triple Echo
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 94 min. / Soldier in Skirts / Street Date March 25, 2019 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £18.36
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May, Gavin Richards, Jenny Lee Wright.
Cinematography: John Coquillon
Film Editor: Barrie Vince
Original Music: Mark Wilkinson
Written by Robin Chapman, from the story by H.E. Bates
Produced by Graham Cottle
Directed by Michael Apted
Billy Wilder would have given the makers of The Triple Echo cautioning advice about putting male actors in drag and passing them off as women: it’s a...
The Triple Echo
Region B Blu-ray
Powerhouse Indicator
1972 / Color / 1:85 / 94 min. / Soldier in Skirts / Street Date March 25, 2019 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £18.36
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May, Gavin Richards, Jenny Lee Wright.
Cinematography: John Coquillon
Film Editor: Barrie Vince
Original Music: Mark Wilkinson
Written by Robin Chapman, from the story by H.E. Bates
Produced by Graham Cottle
Directed by Michael Apted
Billy Wilder would have given the makers of The Triple Echo cautioning advice about putting male actors in drag and passing them off as women: it’s a...
- 3/26/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Yale Repertory Theatre presents Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, the explosive political farce by Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from a translation by Gillian Hanna. Directed byChristopher Bayes The Servant of Two Masters, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, Accidental Death Of An Anarchist plays November 30-December 21 at Yale Repertory Theatre 1120 Chapel Street. Opening Night is Friday, December 6. Check out a first look at highlights below...
- 12/13/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Yale Repertory Theatre presents Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, the explosive political farce by Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from a translation by Gillian Hanna. Directed byChristopher Bayes The Servant of Two Masters, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, Accidental Death Of An Anarchist plays November 30-December 21 at Yale Repertory Theatre 1120 Chapel Street. Opening Night is Friday, December 6. Check out a first look below...
- 12/13/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Yale Repertory Theatre presents Accidental Death Of An Anarchist, the explosive political farce by Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright Dario Fo, adapted by Gavin Richards from a translation by Gillian Hanna. Directed by Christopher Bayes The Servant of Two Masters, A Doctor in Spite of Himself, Accidental Death Of An Anarchist plays tonight, November 30-December 21 at Yale Repertory Theatre 1120 Chapel Street. Opening Night is Friday, December 6.
- 11/30/2013
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
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