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Morgan!

Original title: Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
  • 1966
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
2.2K
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Morgan! (1966)
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Dark ComedySatireSlapstickComedyDramaFantasy

After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.After his wife leaves him for his former best friend, a failed London artist begins his descent into madness in trying to win her back.

  • Director
    • Karel Reisz
  • Writer
    • David Mercer
  • Stars
    • David Warner
    • Vanessa Redgrave
    • Robert Stephens
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    6.5/10
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    • Director
      • Karel Reisz
    • Writer
      • David Mercer
    • Stars
      • David Warner
      • Vanessa Redgrave
      • Robert Stephens
    • 35User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 4 wins & 12 nominations total

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    David Warner
    David Warner
    • Morgan
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Leonie
    Robert Stephens
    Robert Stephens
    • Napier
    Irene Handl
    Irene Handl
    • Mrs. Delt
    Bernard Bresslaw
    Bernard Bresslaw
    • Policeman
    Arthur Mullard
    Arthur Mullard
    • Wally
    Newton Blick
    • Mr. Henderson
    Nan Munro
    • Mrs. Henderson
    Peter Collingwood
    • Geoffrey
    Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden
    • Counsel
    John Garrie
    John Garrie
    • Tipstaff
    John Rae
    • Judge
    Angus MacKay
    Angus MacKay
    • Best Man
    • (as Angus Mackay)
    Mavis Edwards
    • Maid
    Peter Cellier
    Peter Cellier
    • Second Counsel
    Robert Bridges
    • Ticket Collector
    Jack Armstrong
    • Guest at Wedding Reception
    • (uncredited)
    Bernard Barnsley
    • Workman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Karel Reisz
    • Writer
      • David Mercer
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    6Tony-Kiss-Castillo

    MORGAN COMES ACROSS AS ANACHRONISTACLLY AS THE HAMMER & SICKLE HE PLACES EVERYWHERE!

    FIRST... Let us FOCUS on the Title´s content and context!

    "Movies That Stand the Test of Time" is a list I recently compiled... "MORGAN".... WON'T be on it! Granted, the basic concept is starkly original, with outstanding performances by both David Warner and Vanessa Redgrave (In her first leading screen role!) There are a few savagely funny lines and bits sprinkled throughout here and there. But on the whole, a lot of the film comes across as anachronistically as the hammer and sickle Morgan insists on drawing or carving everywhere!

    Also, the constant insertion of Keystone Cop Slapstick bits (Ala "Hard Days Night") gets old really fast, especially since most of them fall flat. And my biggest gripe: I saw this movie 3 times at age 18 and 19, during its theatrical release and I clearly recall footage (1 minute?) where a then VERY HOT Vanessa Redgrave was romping around the bedroom being chased in a state of semi-undress. The scenes managed to be simultaneously humorous and sexy (Very risqué in 1966, but not more than PG by today's standards!) These scenes were about the best in the film and the main reason I rented it. COMPLETELY EDITED OUT!!!

    Does anyone else recall them? Ironically, at the beginning, the British Cinema Board announces, "This film is to be viewed only by Adults!" On EXTRAS, watch the Original Trailer and you'll see a couple seconds of snippets of the bedroom romp scene that was edited out of the DVD release! You decide what you want to do with this one!

    6******(Perhaps Being a bit generous?) ENJOY! / DISFRUTELA?!?!?

    Any comments, questions or observations, in English o en ESPAÑOL, are most Welcome!
    8ubercommando

    It's hard not to like this movie.

    Say "1960's British comedy movie" and already some people are thinking of impossibly mod dialogue, dated images and an obsession with pop and quick sex. This movie shouldn't work but it does. Try pitching a concept of an insane young communist obsessed with gorillas and unable to come to terms with the break up of his marriage to today's Hollywood executives and you'd get thrown out of their offices. But it is genuinely funny and sad, it's well directed and you can't speak highly enough of David Warner in the lead role.

    I've always thought that Warner is at his best when his seemingly unsympathetic characters engender some sympathy. The retarded man in "Straw Dogs", the jaded Captain in "Cross of Iron", the put apon conscript in "The Bofors Gun" to name but a few. Morgan is his ultimate portrayal of this type of character.
    9craigjclark

    An off-beat film for an off-beat actor

    David Warner is, to my mind, one of the most gifted actors working in films today. He is able to take just about any role in just about any film and invest it with life and interest. In fact, he is the sole reason to ever want to see a great number of films. That said, "Morgan" is a treat because it's one of the few films where Warner gets to play the lead. He doesn't get the girl and he's stark raving mad throughout, but he's still the lead.

    This film is very much of its time, but it's still quite enjoyable. Morgan's anarchist antics are always unpredictable and sweet in a psychotic kind of way. And considering the main character's obsession with gorillas, it's interesting to see the film now in light of Warner's appearance in Tim Burton's remake of "Planet of the Apes." Must have felt like deja vu to him.

    Recommended for David Warner fans and people who like their comedies a little off-kilter.
    goultar1

    Gorilla goes after the gorilla his dreams and goes ape.

    This movie was funny as hell. David Warner is an ace-- a great comedic actor, and the entire cast should have received awards. All the ingredients for a great comedy were there-- gorilla suits, slapstick comedy at a wedding celebration involving a gorilla, the main character being insane-- what more could you ask for. I saw the movie on late night t.v. and I rolled out of bed laughing.

    An uncredited actor who also did an outstanding job in this movie was Billy Reil, playing the part of inspector Kowalski. It was especially funny when he thought the bad guy was heading for his office and he ended up konking his secretary over the head with a flower pot.
    7Bribaba

    Trotsky Goes Ape

    There aren't too many whimsical comedies with a Trotskyite sub text, so for that alone let us give thanks, but there's a whole lot more to enjoy here. Vanessa Redgrave for one, looking wonderful as the posh girl who dumps her eccentric husband in favour of stability, shows a real gift for light comedy, Karel Reisz's direction is always inventive and makes good use of inserts from King Kong and Tarzan, and then there's the world's most wonderful couple: Arthur Mullard and Irene Handl.

    Warner's performance as Morgan depends how you feel about children who refuse to grow up, though he does become more sympathetic eventually. The Trotsky element comes from writer David Mercer, a renowned playwright and communist of the day and though class figures prominently in the film, it is never didactic. The screenplay is based on a TV play he'd wrote and in a unusual reversal of roles was watered down somewhat for the cinema. The ending turns into the full-blown surrealism that always threatened and there's a great, almost-last line from the Morgan himself: "I've gone all furry".

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    Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
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    • Trivia
      Vanessa Redgrave's Best Actress Oscar nomination for this movie coincided with sister Lynn Redgrave's similar nomination for Georgy Girl (1966). Such a coincidence had occurred only once before when sisters Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland respectively vied for the Best Actress Oscar for Suspicion (1941) and Hold Back the Dawn (1941).
    • Goofs
      Crew reflected in the window of the car that Leonie gets into at the start of the film.
    • Quotes

      Morgan Delt: [to Leoni] Do you really want little Napiers growing inside you?

    • Connections
      Edited from King Kong (1933)
    • Soundtracks
      The Red Flag
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Arranged by John Dankworth

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 1966 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Protest
    • Filming locations
      • 13 Campden Hill Square, Kensington, London, England, UK(Leonie's house)
    • Production company
      • Quintra
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 37m(97 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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