The Compartment

The Compartment is a 1961 British TV drama. Written by Johnny Speight, it was a two-hander starring Michael Caine and Frank Finlay. Caine played a young beatnik musician and Finlay played a middle-aged businessman. The two characters are confined to a train compartment together on a half-hour journey and Caine's musician begins to resent the older man.[1]

The Compartment
Written byJohnny Speight
Directed byJohn McGrath
Starring
Release
Original release22 August 1961 (1961-08-22)

The play was crucial to Michael Caine's career because it was highly acclaimed and increased his visibility. It also led to him being signed by a new agent, Denis Selinger, and to being offered a number of other TV jobs.[2][3]

According to Caine, there is no existing recording of this programme. The BBC told him that the tape used for the broadcast was re-used, a common practice on some networks in the early days of television.[4]

References
  1. "Sir Michael Caine says BBC taped over TV drama that launched his career". Press Association at The Daily Telegraph. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2018.
  2. Michael Caine biography at Michaelcaine.com
  3. Michael Caine, The Elephant to Hollywood, Hachette 2010 accessed 14 December 2014
  4. “with Michael Caine and Tom Courtenay,” Kermode and Mayo’s Film Review. Sept. 7, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.