Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways(1967)

Name: Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways
Director: Ann Wolff
Released: 1967-06-01
Cast: Eileen Colgan, Philip O’Connor, Quentin Crisp, Martina Mayne, Peter Hurst-Smith

06/01/1967 (US)Comedy0h 16m

Overview

The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious interplay involving a carrot unfolds at a railway station.

Ann Wolff

Director

Philip O’Connor

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Eileen Colgan

Mother

Philip O’Connor

Captain Busby

Quentin Crisp

Stationmaster

Martina Mayne

Marcella

Peter Hurst-Smith

Porter

Martin Canter

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Quentin Crisp's acting debut in Captain Busby (1967) | BFI National Archive

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