Farewell Performance

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Farewell Performance
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Directed by Robert Tronson
Written byAileen 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
  • December 1963 (1963-12)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Farewell Performance is a 1963 British crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring David Kernan, Frederick Jaeger and Delphi Lawrence. [1] [2]

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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]

Plot

After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.

Cast

Critical reception

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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References

  1. "Farewell Performance". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. "Farewell Performance". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  3. "Farewell Performance / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. "Farewell Performance". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 130. 1 January 1963 via ProQuest.