Next to No Time

Next to No Time
Original UK 1-sheet poster
Directed byHenry Cornelius
Written byHenry Cornelius
Based on"The Enchanted Hour" (short story)
by Paul Gallico
Produced byAlbert Fennell
StarringKenneth More
Betsy Drake
CinematographyFreddie Francis
Edited byPeter R. Hunt
Music byGeorges Auric
Production
company
Montpelier
Distributed byBritish Lion Film Corporation (UK)
Release date
  • 29 September 1958 (1958-09-29)
(London)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Next to No Time, also known as Next to No Time!, is a 1958 British colour comedy film written and directed by Henry Cornelius and starring Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, John Laurie, Sid James and Irene Handl.[1] It was based on Paul Gallico's short story The Enchanted Hour. It was the last feature film completed by Cornelius before his death in 1958.[2] The film concerns an underconfident engineer who is helped by the advice of a ship's barman.

  1. ^ "Next to No Time". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ Danischewsky, Monja (Summer 1958). "Henry Cornelius and the Little Guy". Sight and Sound. Vol. 27, no. 5. p. 262.