Lies My Father Told Me (1960 film)

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Lies My Father Told Me
Directed by Don Chaffey
Written by Ted Allan
Starring Harry Brogan
Betsy Blair
Music by Wilfred Josephs
Production
company
Release date
  • August 1960 (1960-08)
Running time
60 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Lies My Father Told Me is a 1960 British film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Harry Brogan and Betsy Blair. [1] [2] It was written by Ted Allan.

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The film was to be distributed by Eros Films but the company went bankrupt, with this and three other films, Johnny Nobody, Middle of Nowhere and Carolina , awaiting distribution. [3]

Plot

This film follows Jewish people in Dublin; in a working-class family, a young boy becomes increasingly close to an old orthodox Jew and assimilates his views, much to the dismay of his family.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Lies My Father Told Me". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Lies My Father Told Me (1960)". BFI. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Eros, small Brit indie, runs into money trouble". Variety. 17 May 1961. p. 14.


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