Decline and Fall of a Birdwatcher
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Release date 26 January 1969 (1969-01-26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.
Plot summary
Paul Pennyfeather is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself expelled after a gang of drunken freshmen remove his pants and he is accused of exposing himself to a girl. Looking for work, he retains the services of an unsavory employment agency that secures a position for him at a sleazy Welsh boarding school for boys, presided over by the colorful Dr. Fagan. On staff at the school are an assortment of distasteful screwballs; Mr. Prendergast is a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes is a one-legged two-timer with his eye on Fagan's daughter, Flossie; and Soloman Philbrick is an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler.
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Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher WikipediaDecline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher IMDb Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher themoviedb.org