The Singer Not the Song (1961)
- Directed by
- Roy Ward Baker
- Genre
- drama film, Western film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 19 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A priest and an outlaw clash in a small Mexican town. The conflict becomes personal and intense as each man tries to assert his will over the other.
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What happens
The Singer Not the Song is a 1961 British Western film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, and Mylène Demongeot. It was written by Nigel Balchin based on the 1953 novel of the same title by Audrey Erskine Lindop. The film became a notorious flop for the Rank Organisation. Bogarde called the film "a travesty of what it should have been" while Roy Baker said "I hated it, it broke my heart. It put me completely out of kilter for years afterwards, it was a disaster. I’m told it’s a cult picture and quite probably in countries with large Catholic communities it has some special reference. I should never have made it." "That was one that went wrong," said John Mills. The film failed at the box office, but has since developed a cult following due to its camp homosexual context and over-the-top performance by Bogarde in black leather trousers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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During One Night (1961)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.