Gary Oldman said in an interview that after watching this movie as a little kid, he was so impressed by the movie, especially by Malcolm McDowell performance that he decided he wanted to become an actor.
Opening credits prologue: NOT FOR THE PROUD MAN APART
FROM THE RAGING MOON I WRITE
ON THESE SPINDRIFT PAGES
NOR FOR THE TOWERING DEAD
WITH THEIR NIGHTINGALES & PSALMS
BUT FOR THE LOVERS, THEIR ARMS
ROUND THE GRIEFS OF THE AGES,
WHO PAY NO PRAISE OR WAGES
NOR HEED MY CRAFT OR ART.
-DYLAN THOMAS.
-DYLAN THOMAS.
When Bryan Forbes was running the studio the powers that be didn't want him to direct as there was so much other work to do. At the end of his three years he found this story and wanted to turn it into a film but the studio had no money. Bryan was so keen on the story that he said he would do it for nothing and he'd get a cast who'd work for very little. It was shot very fast in a derelict house. The result was that his wife, Nannette Newman was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress.
Anne Dyson's debut.