A Jolly Bad Fellow

A Jolly Bad Fellow
Directed byDon Chaffey
Screenplay byRobert Hamer
Donald Taylor
Based onDon Among the Dead Men
1952 novel
by C. E. Vulliamy
Produced byDonald Taylor
StarringLeo McKern
CinematographyGerald Gibbs
Edited byPeter Tanner
Music byJohn Barry
Production
company
Pax Films
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 1964 (1964)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

A Jolly Bad Fellow (U.S. title: They All Died Laughing; also known as Don Among the Dead Men) is a 1964 British black comedy film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Leo McKern and Janet Munro.[1][2]

In the film, a university professor advances his career through habitually poisoning his colleagues at the university.

  1. ^ "A Jolly Bad Fellow". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. ^ "A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)", British Film Institute. Retrieved 30 April 2021