Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)

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Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher is a 1968 British comedy film directed by John Krish and starring Robin Phillips, Geneviève Page and Donald Wolfit. It is an adaptation of the novel Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh. The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.

Original Release

10/30/1968

Cast

Name	Character

Robin Phillips	Paul Pennyfeather
Michael Elwyn	Alastair Vane-Trumpington
Donald Wolfit	Dr. Augustus Fagan
Leo McKern	Captain Grimes
Genevieve Page	Margot Beste-Chetwynde
Felix Aylmer	Judge
Colin Blakely	Solomon Philbrick
Robert Harris	Prendergast
Griffith Jones	Sir Humphrey Maltravers
Patrick Magee	Maniac

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Directors

John Krish

Writers

Ivan Foxwell, Alan Hackney, Evelyn Waugh, Hugh Whitemore

Cast

Name	Character

Robin Phillips	Paul Pennyfeather
Michael Elwyn	Alastair Vane-Trumpington
Donald Wolfit	Dr. Augustus Fagan
Leo McKern	Captain Grimes
Genevieve Page	Margot Beste-Chetwynde
Felix Aylmer	Judge
Colin Blakely	Solomon Philbrick
Robert Harris	Prendergast
Griffith Jones	Sir Humphrey Maltravers
Patrick Magee	Maniac
Paul Rogers	Chief Warder
Donald Sinden	The Prison Governor
Rodney Bewes	Arthur Potts
Patience Collier	Flossie Fagan
Roland Curram	Otto Silenus
Kenneth Griffith	Mr. Church
Kenneth J. Warren	Third Warder
Jack Watson	Gallery Warder
Sarah Atkinson	Jane
Joan Sterndale-Bennett	Lady Circumference (as Joan Sterndale Bennett)