Nothing but the Best (film)

Nothing but the Best
Directed byClive Donner
Written by
Produced byDavid Deutsch
StarringAlan Bates
Denholm Elliott
Harry Andrews
Millicent Martin
CinematographyNicolas Roeg
Edited byFergus McDonell
Music byRon Grainer
Distributed byAnglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd. (UK)
Release dates
  • 10 March 1964 (1964-03-10) (London, England)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
Budget£175,594[1]

Nothing but the Best is a 1964 British black comedy film directed by Clive Donner and starring Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews and Millicent Martin.[2] The screenplay by Frederic Raphael is based on the 1952 short story "The Best of Everything" by Stanley Ellin.[3]

A young and ambitious businessman hires an unemployed upper-class man to tutor him in a number of life skills.

  1. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360
  2. ^ "Nothing but the Best". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  3. ^ Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.