Turn-up for Tony (1968)
A jobless Geordie shipyard worker escapes from his bleak existence into an imaginary life with the girl of his dreams, a salesgirl at a futuristic Pink Lane cigarette kiosk. This is a funny, bitter-sweet silent comedy, an odyssey through a Newcastle cityscape in transition from an industrial Tyneside to T Dan Smiths modernist vision of the city as a Brasilia of the North. Directed by Robert Tyrell, it is also a brilliant social document of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the 1960s.
Director: Robert Tyrell
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Tony Tanner as Tony |
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Norman Mitchell as Policeman |
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Sheila Falconer as Tony's girlfriend |
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Ted Lune as Old man |
| Directing | Robert Tyrell | Director |
| Crew | Eric Coop | Cinematography |