- Donald Pleasence, The Big Day, 1960. Bland UK director Peter Graham-Scott wanted realism. His producer, Julian Wintle, wanted a star – like the posh one from the Rank Organisation’s Doctor capers. And later, a Shakesperian star. “He worked out,” said his producer son Marc, “that he only had a total of five weeks unemployment between 1942 and 2008, which was probably a record in itself.”
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