The Breaking of Bumbo

The Breaking of Bumbo
Original movie poster
Directed byAndrew Sinclair
Written byAndrew Sinclair
Based onthe novel by Andrew Sinclair
Produced byL. Jeffrey Selznick
StarringRichard Warwick
Joanna Lumley
CinematographyIan Wilson
Edited byWilly Kemplen
Music byBrian Gascoigne
Production
companies
EMI Films
Timon Films
Distributed byEMI Films
Release date
  • September 1970 (1970-09) (preview only)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£900,000[1]

The Breaking of Bumbo is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Andrew Sinclair and starring Richard Warwick, Joanna Lumley, Jeremy Child and Edward Fox.[2][3] The screenplay was by Sinclair, a former Coldstream Guards National service officer, adapted from his 1959 novel of the same name.

  1. ^ "Alternative Routes". Sight and Sound. October 1972. p. 16.
  2. ^ "The Breaking of Bumbo". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)". Archived from the original on 16 April 2018.