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'''''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Krish]] and starring [[Robin Phillips]], [[Geneviève Page]] and [[Donald Wolfit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30951 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; DECLINE AND FALL (1968) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref> It is an adaptation of the novel ''[[Decline and Fall]]'' by [[Evelyn Waugh]].

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| director = [[John Krish]]

| producer = Ivan Foxwell

| writer = [[Ivan Foxwell]]<br>[[Alan Hackney]]<br>[[Hugh Whitemore]]

| based on = {{based on|''[[Decline and Fall]]''<br>1928 novel|[[Evelyn Waugh]]}}

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| starring = [[Robin Phillips]]<br>[[Felix Aylmer]]<br>[[Colin Blakely]]

| music = Ron Goodwin

| cinematography = [[Desmond Dickinson]]

| editing = Archie Ludski

| studio = Ivan Foxwell Productions

| distributor = [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]]

| released = {{Film date|1969|1|26}}

| runtime = 113 min.

| country = {{USA}}

| language = [[English language|English]]

| budget = $1,970,000

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'''''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher''''' is a 1968 [[De Luxe]] British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Krish]] and starring [[Robin Phillips]], [[Geneviève Page]] and [[Donald Wolfit]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/30951 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; DECLINE AND FALL (1968) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-02-13}}</ref> It is an adaptation of the novel ''[[Decline and Fall]]'' by [[Evelyn Waugh]].

The film was made with a budget of $1,970,000.<ref>Solomon, Aubrey. ''Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series)''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255</ref>

==SelectedPlot castsummary==

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* [[Robin Phillips]] &ndash; Paul Pennyfeather

Paul Pennyfeather [[(Robin Phillips]]) is an Oxford divinity student who finds himself expelled after a gang of drunken freshmen remove his pants and he is accused of exposing himself to a girl. Looking for work, he retains the services of an unsavory employment agency that secures a position for him at a sleazy Welsh boarding school for boys, presided over by the colorful Dr. Fagan ([[Donald Wolfit]]). On staff at the school are an assortment of distasteful screwballs; Mr. Prendergast (Robert Harris) is a withdrawn former clergyman; Captain Grimes ([[Leo McKern]]) is a one-legged two-timer with his eye on Fagan's daughter Flossie ([[Patience Collier]]); and Soloman Philbrick ([[Colin Blakely]]) is an undercover criminal posing as Fagan's butler.<ref>http://www.allmovie.com/movie/decline-and-fall-of-a-bird-watcher-v89061</ref>

* [[Geneviève Page]] &ndash; Margot Beste-Chetwynde

* [[Donald Wolfit]] &ndash; Doctor Augustus Fagan

==Cast==

* [[Colin Blakely]] &ndash; Solomon Philbrick

* [[LeoRobin McKernPhillips]] &ndash;as CaptainPaul GrimesPennyfeather

* [[Geneviève Page]] &ndash;as Margot Beste-Chetwynde

* [[Michael Elwyn]] &ndash; Alastair Vane-Trumpington

* [[Donald Wolfit]] &ndash;as Doctor Augustus Fagan

* [[Norman Scace]] &ndash; Dean

* [[Colin Blakely]] &ndash;as Solomon Philbrick

* [[John Glyn-Jones]] &ndash; Warden

* [[Leo McKern]] as Captain Grimes

* [[Donald Layne-Smith]] &ndash; Bursar

* [[Michael Elwyn]] &ndash;as Alastair Vane-Trumpington

* [[John Cater]] &ndash; Blackall

* [[KennethNorman GriffithScace]] &ndash;as Mr ChurchDean

* [[JeremyJohn ChildGlyn-Jones]] &ndash;as NigelWarden

* [[Donald Layne-Smith]] &ndash;as Bursar

* [[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] &ndash; Lady Circumference

* [[John Cater]] &ndash;as Blackall

* [[Kenneth Griffith]] as Mr Church

* [[Jeremy Child]] as Nigel

* [[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] &ndash;as Lady Circumference

* [[Patience Collier]] as Flossie Fagan

==References==

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==External links==

* {{IMDb title|0062872}}

* {{amg movie|89061}}

* {{tcmdb title|id=72704}}

* {{AFI film|id=23680|title=Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher}}

[[Category:1968 films]]