Stop the World: I Want to Get Off 58 years old

The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization. Newley stars as Littlechap, whose allegorical rise to success is countered by the instability of his private life. Like the play, the film is staged impressionistically, with Newley decked out in mime makeup and periodically stopping the action to address the audience, and with all the women in his life -- German, American and "Typically English" -- played by a single actress (Millicent Martin, taking over from the stage version's Anna Quayle). In Wizard of Oz fashion, the play itself is lensed in color, while the brief prologue, showing the actors preparing for their performance, is in black-and-white. The production includes such standards (and perennial audition pieces) as What Kind of Fool Am I? and Gonna Build a Mountain.

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Stop the World: I Want to Get Off Cast

Name Character
Millicent Martin She was 31, now 90 years old as Evie / Anya / Ara / Ginnie
Tony Tanner He was 33, now 92 years old as Little Chap
Valerie Croft She was 27, now 85 years old as Jane
Leila Croft as Susan
Neil Hawley as Little Little Chap

Stop the World: I Want to Get Off Crew

Name Department
Philip Saville as Director. He was 35 (86) years old when He died Directing
Anthony Newley as Writer. He was 34 (67) years old when He died Writing
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Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (58 years)

  • Release day: Monday, April 25, 1966
  • Runtime: 100 minutes