Work Is a Four-Letter Word

Work Is a Four-Letter Word
Film poster
Directed byPeter Hall
Written byJeremy Brooks
Based onEh?
by Henry Livings
Produced byThomas Clyde
StarringDavid Warner
Cilla Black
Zia Mohyeddin
David Waller
Elizabeth Spriggs
CinematographyGilbert Taylor
Edited byJack Harris
Music byGuy Woolfenden
Delia Derbyshire[1]
Production
company
Cavalcade Films
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
Universal Pictures (United States)
Release dates
  • June 7, 1968 (1968-06-07) (London)
  • September 25, 1968 (1968-09-25) (United States)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[2]

Work Is a Four-Letter Word (also known as Work Is a 4-Letter Word) is a 1968 British satirical comedy film directed by Peter Hall and starring David Warner and Cilla Black..[3] It was written by Jeremy Brooks based on the 1966 award-winning play Eh? by Henry Livings.

  1. ^ "Delia Derbyshire". Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  2. ^ Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p345
  3. ^ "Work Is a Four-Letter Word". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 19 August 2024.