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Directed By
Alastair Reid
Director
Written By
Roald Dahl
screenplay by
Joy Cowley
novel "Nest in a Falling Tree"
Cast
Patricia Neal
Maura Prince
Pamela Brown
Mrs. Edith Prince - Mother
Nicholas Clay
Billy Jarvis
Jean Anderson
Mrs. Millicent McMurtrey
Graham Crowden
Mr. Bolton
Yootha Joyce
Mrs. Palafox
Peter Sallis
Rev. Rupert Palafox
Brigit Forsyth
District Nurse
Sebastian Breaks
Dr. Ronnie Robinson
Diana Patrick
Mary Wingate
Jenny McCracken
Jenny - Farmwife
Bruce Myles
Bank Clerk
Zoe Alexander
Stroke Patient
Christopher Reynalds
Young Billy
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Gypsy
Sibylla Kay
Whore
Produced By
Alan D. Courtney
producer
William O. Harbach
executive producer
Norman S. Powell
producer
Nick Vanoff
executive producer
Music
Bernard Herrmann
Cinematography
Alex Thomson
Sound
Chris Greenham
sound editor
Gerry Humphreys
sound recordist
Brian Marshall
sound recordist
Robin O'Donoghue
assistant sound recordist
Editing
John Bloom
Editor
Casting Director
Mary Selway
Art Direction
Anthony Pratt
Costumes
Gabriella Falk
Makeup
Joan Carpenter
hairdresser
Ernest Gasser
make-up
Assistant Director
Michael Dryhurst
assistant director
Production Management
John Oldknow
production manager
Art Department
Tim Hutchinson
assistant art director
Terry Wells
stand-by property master
Other
Valerie Eaton-Griffiths
assistant: Miss Neal
Music Department
Rosemary Green
musician: solo viola d'amore
Bernard Herrmann
conductor / orchestrator
Tommy Reilly
musician: solo harmonica
Bob Auger
music engineer
Camera Department
Dave Clarke
gaffer electrician
Mike Fox
camera operator
Denis Bremner
best boy
Arkadi De Rakoff
focus puller
John Fenner
lighting technician
John Golding
clapper loader
Location Management
Bernard Hanson
location manager
Script Department
Jennifer Phillips
continuity
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