Farewell Performance | |
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Directed by | Robert Tronson |
Written by | Aileen Burke Leone Stuart |
Produced by | Jim O'Connolly |
Starring | David Kernan Frederick Jaeger Delphi Lawrence |
Music by | Joe Meek |
Production company | Sevenay Productions |
Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Farewell Performance is a 1963 British crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring David Kernan, Frederick Jaeger and Delphi Lawrence. [1] [2]
It features musical interludes from Joe Meek acts including The Tornados and Heinz.
It is considered a lost film and is on the BFI National Archive's 75 Most Wanted List of missing films. [3]
After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Although the routine plot is supported by a number of pop music interludes, presumably inserted with the object of appealing to teenagers, the backstage murder theme, and even much of the dialogue, harks back to the early Thirties. The number of suspects is more limited than usual, and the identity of the murderer is not very skilfully concealed." [4]
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