Call Me Genius
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Robert Day
Tony Hancock
George Sanders
Paul Massie
Margit Saad
Grégoire Aslan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Bored with the dull routine of his office job and yearning to be an artist, Anthony Hancock leaves London and moves to Paris. He becomes friendly with a young painter from England, Paul, and the two share a garret studio on the Left Bank. Though Anthony's colossal sculptures and infantile paintings are totally lacking in merit, a bogus intellectual set adopts him and proclaims him a genius. Paul, who cannot comprehend his friend's "theories," becomes disheartened and returns to London, leaving his paintings behind. Paul's paintings are seen by Sir Charles Brouard, an art connoisseur who mistakes them for Anthony's and promotes a highly successful exhibit. As his fame increases, Anthony is commissioned by a Greek shipping magnate, Aristotle Carreras, to immortalize his wife in stone. The finished product, however, is a disaster, and Anthony flees to London. He discovers that Paul has adopted his "infantile" technique and has done numerous paintings. Brouard arranges a showing, and Anthony is once more hailed a genius. Realizing how completely he has hoodwinked the art world, Anthony confesses at the exhibition that the paintings are Paul's. He then returns to his former flat to continue painting and sculpting, confident that someday his talent will be recognized.
Director
Robert Day
Cast
Tony Hancock
George Sanders
Paul Massie
Margit Saad
Grégoire Aslan
Dennis Price
Irene Handl
Mervyn Johns
Peter Bull
John Le Mesurier
Liz Fraser
Nanette Newman
Marie Burke
Marie Devereux
John Wood
Mario Fabrizi
Sandor Eles
Oliver Reed
Gary Lockwood
Neville Becker
Crew
Len Abbott
Richard Best
Stanley Black
Frank Cordell
Ray Galton
Ray Galton
Alistair Grant
Tony Hancock
Robert Jones
Len Shilton
Alan Simpson
Alan Simpson
Gilbert Taylor
W. A. Whittaker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
It's a self portrait.- Hancock
Who of?- Landlady
Trivia
Notes
Released in Great Britain in 1961 as The Rebel.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 16, 1961
Released in United States Fall October 16, 1961
