Movie: The Committee

Top 6 Billed Cast

Arthur Brown
Arthur Brown

Himself

Jimmy Gardner
Jimmy Gardner

Boss

Paul Jones
Paul Jones

Central figure

Tom Kempinski
Tom Kempinski

Victim

Robert Langdon Lloyd
Robert Langdon Lloyd

Committee Director

Pauline Munro
Pauline Munro

Girl

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    The Committee

  • Overview

    The Committee, starring Paul Jones of Manfred Mann fame, is a unique document of Britain in the 1960s. After a very successful run in London’s West End in 1968, viewings of this controversial movie have been few and far between. Stunning black and white camera work by Ian Wilson brings to life this “chilling fable” by Max Steuer, a lecturer (now Reader Emeritus) at the London School of Economics. Avoiding easy answers, The Committee uses a surreal murder to explore the tension and conflict between bureaucracy on one side, and individual freedom on the other. Many films, such as Total Recall, Fahrenheit 451 and Camus’ The Stranger, see the state as ignorant and repressive, and pass over the inevitable weaknesses lying deep in individuals. Drawing on the ideas of R.D. Laing, a psychologically hip state faces an all too human protagonist.

  • Release Date

    1968-05-31

  • Average

    4.5

  • Rating:

    2.3 starts
  • Tagline

    The mystery film of the 1960's

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  • Languages:

    English
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