The Optimists of Nine Elms

Drama
"Meet Sam, the wonder man. He's got madness in his closet, everybody in trouble, the police in circles - and the world in his pocket."

A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life

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Peter Sellers

Sam

Donna Mullane

Liz

John Chaffey

Mark

Marjorie Yates

Chrissie Ellis

David Daker

Bob Ellis

Katyana Kass

Baby Ellis

Patricia Brake

Dog's Home Secretary

Don Crown

Busker

Bruce Purchase

Policeman

Michael Graham Cox

Park Keeper

Bernie Searle

Dustman

Tommy Wright

Dustman

Pat Beckett

Laundry Lady

Daphne Lawson

Laundry Lady

Candyce Jane Brandl

Laundry Lady

Hilary Crane

Schoolteacher

Pat Ashton

Woman at Nursery

Keith Chegwin

Georgie (uncredited)

Hilary Pritchard

Laundry Lady (uncredited)

Anthony Simmons

Director

Anthony Simmons

Novel

Tudor Gates

Screenplay

Larry Pizer

Director of Photography

Victor Lyndon

Producer

Ivor Powell

Production Manager

Rusty Coppleman

Sound Editor

Pixie Weir

Costume Design

George Martin

Original Music Composer

Stuart Freeborn

Makeup Artist

Robert Cartwright

Art Direction

Ivan Sharrock

Sound Recordist

Ronald S. Kass

Executive Producer

Bill Rowe

Sound Recordist

Allan Foenander

Casting

Adrian Gaye

Producer

John Jympson

Editor