Red, White, and Zero

Jan 30, 1968

1h 38m

★ 5.0

Overview

Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderson, Peter Brook, and Tony Richardson. Comic legend Zero Mostel stars as an opera singer (in full costume) navigating the London transport network as he attempts to reach Covent Garden in 'Ride of the Valkyrie'. Scripted by Shelagh Delaney, 'The White Bus' blends realism, drama, and poetry as a despondent young woman travels home to the North of England. And Vanessa Redgrave stars in Tony Richardson’s romantic reverie and musical featurette 'Red and Blue'. Produced in 1967, but ultimately shelved.

Genres

Comedy

Music

Drama

Production Companies

Holly Films

Woodfall Film Productions

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Cast

Zero Mostel

Julia Foster

Frank Thornton

The Girl

Patricia Healey

The Mayor

Arthur Lowe

The Macebearer

John Sharp

The Conductress

Julie Perry

Young Man

Stephen Moore

Transistorite

Victor Henry

Brechtian

Anthony Hopkins

Boy

Barry Evans

Jacky

Vanessa Redgrave

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