Only When I Larf (film)

Only When I Larf
Original British Quad Poster
Directed byBasil Dearden
Screenplay byJohn Salmon
Based onOnly When I Larf
by Len Deighton
Produced byLen Deighton
Brian Duffy
StarringRichard Attenborough
David Hemmings
Alexandra Stewart
Nicholas Pennell
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byFergus McDonell
Music byRon Grainer
Production
companies
Beecord Production
Deigton/Duffy Production
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • May 1968 (1968-05)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Only When I Larf is a 1968 British comedy crime drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, and Alexandra Stewart.[1][2] It was adapted from the 1968 novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises.[2]

  1. ^ "Only When I Larf". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Only When I Larf". Variety. 31 December 1967. Retrieved 22 February 2014.