T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia

T. Dan Smith: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia (1987)

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Utopia.

  • Genre: Documentary, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1987-01-01
  • Runtime: 1h 25min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Amber Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom

Summary

An experimental mix of thriller and documentary exploring the scandal centred on the one-time Newcastle Council Leader, aka The Mouth of the Tyne, who was sentenced to six years imprisonment in 1974 for corruption. A dynamic and visionary politician, Smith collaborated closely as Amber unpicked the story of a leftwing group of ex-war resisters who took control of the city council in 1960, the socialist and civic ambitions and the betrayals; the claims of MI5 involvement, of ministerial cover-ups and the unseen role of the Privy Council. With Smith appearing as himself and filmmakers Murray Martin and Steve Trafford as two journalists, the film interrogates the interviews and archive footage, weaving them together with a fictional scandal unfolding on the streets around them…

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  • T. Dan Smith

    as Self

  • Dennis Skinner

    as Self

  • Murray Martin

    as Self

  • Jack Johnson

    as Self

  • Ken Skethaway

    as Self

  • Dave Hill

    as Jack Cross

  • Art Davies

    as Councillor Alan Deal

  • Christopher Northey

    as Jeremy Maudsley-Long

  • Steve Trafford

    as Steve

  • Martin Murray

    as Murray

  • Ralph Nossek

    as Home Secretary

  • Harry Herring

    as Councillor Albert

  • Cilla Mason

    as Councillor Edith

  • Elizabeth Mansfield

    as Newscaster

  • Amber Styles

    as Cleaner

  • Kay Wight

    as Alan Deal's Wife

  • Norma Day

    as

  • Gwen Doran

    as

  • Brian Hogg

    as

  • Mike Mason

    as

  • Dick McCullough

    as

  • Joseph Neatrour

    as

  • Max Roberts

    as

  • Bob White

    as

  • Lee Ross

    as

  • Paul Heslop

    as

  • Alan Twelvetree

    as

  • Nigel Stanger

    as

  • Ray Stubbs

    as Resident and Paper Seller
Production Peter Roberts Producer
Production Jane Neatrour Producer
Production Lorna Powell Producer
Production Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen Producer
Production Steve Trafford Producer
Production Dave Eadington Producer
Production Richard Grassick Producer
Production Judith Tomlinson Producer
Production Martin Murray Producer
Production Elaine Drainville Producer
Production Ellin Hare Producer
Production Ray Stubbs Producer
Sound Ray Stubbs Original Music Composer

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