| Arthur? Arthur! | |
| Director: | Samuel Gallu |
| Producer: | E.M. Smedley-Aston Ted Weiner |
| Based On: | The Man Who Killed Himself by Julian Symons |
| Starring: | Shelley Winters Donald Pleasence Terry-Thomas Tammy Grimes |
| Music: | Harry Robertson |
| Cinematography: | Brian Probyn |
| Editing: | Peter R. Hunt |
| Runtime: | 94 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Arthur? Arthur! is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Shelley Winters, Donald Pleasence and Terry-Thomas.[1] It was written by John Esmonde, Simeon George and Bob Larbey based on the 1967 novel The Man Who Killed Himself by Julian Symons. According to the British Film Institute (BFI), the film was not theatrically released in the UK, but obtained a US release in 1975.
A dull and unsuccessful inventor begins to develop a second identity as a man about town with a completely different life.
The British Film Institute wrote: "Donald Pleasance is excellent as a nervous, bald, hen-pecked – and murderous – inventor leading a strange double life as a hirsute playboy running an introductions agency in this strange and often bewildering late 1960s comedy. Terry-Thomas also excels as a charming con-man, enlivening this piquant forgotten 1969 period piece – never released in UK cinemas."[2]