The Sailor's Return (film)

The Sailor's Return
Directed byJack Gold
Screenplay byJames Saunders
Based onThe Sailor's Return (1925 novel) by David Garnett
Produced byOtto Plaschkes
StarringTom Bell
Shope Shodeinde
CinematographyBrian Tufano
Edited byMichael Taylor
Music byCarl Davis
Production
companies
Release date
  • November 30, 1978 (1978-11-30) (London Film Festival)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Sailor's Return is a 1978 British drama film directed by Jack Gold and starring Tom Bell, Shope Shodeinde and Elton Charles.[1] It is based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett.

Premise

A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.

Cast

Production

The film was made by Euston Films, with support from the National Film Finance Corporation.[2][3]

The budget of the film was £400,000.[4]

Release

The film was selected to close the 1978 London Film Festival.[3]

Distributor receipts as at the end of 1978 were £46,152.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Sailor's Return (1980)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Sailor's Return, The (1978)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ a b Wlaschin, Ken. 22nd London Film Festival programme. p. 41.
  4. ^ With Gold-on-the-World Radin, Victoria. The Observer 6 Nov 1977: 31.
  5. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 357. Income is distributor's receipts, combined domestic and international, as at 31 Dec 1978.


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