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Best British Cinematography BW | 1964
Steve Marriott, who played Harry Smith's son Jack, was later to become the lead singer and guitarist with influential English rock group, the Small Faces.
At one point when Rev. Smallwood (Peter Sellers) is preaching from the pulpit, a young boy is seen in the foreground reading a copy of Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita". Sellers played Quilty in Stanley Kubrick's film version of that book.
The voiceover at the beginning is Peter Sellers. He also provided one of the voices heard on a television sequence.
According to film historian Robert Osborne, Peter Sellers' portrayal of Rev. Smallwood was based on (and is a "dead-on" impression of) one of his teachers - Brother Cornelius - in a Catholic school.
The outer gate of the prison where Smallwood is chaplain is the same gate used for HM Prison Slade in the BBC's TV comedy series Porridge (1974) starring Ronnie Barker.
"Simpson: I remember Sir George used to say "Whenever you hears the Bible quoted, look out cos it's most likely the devil himself!""
"[Smallwood is giving his first sermon to his new congregation] The Reverend John Smallwood: This town is full of people who *call* themselves Christians. But from what I've seen of it, I wouldn't mind taking a bet there aren't enough *real* Christians about to feed one decent lion."
