Only Two Can Play

1962 film by Sidney Gilliat
Movie film Q7094260
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Only Two Can Play

Summary

Only Two Can Play is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Only Two Can Play's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Only Two Can Play's director is recorded as Sidney Gilliat[4].
  • Only Two Can Play's screenwriter is recorded as Bryan Forbes[5].
  • Only Two Can Play's composer is recorded as Richard Rodney Bennett[6].
  • Only Two Can Play's genre is recorded as film based on a novel[7].
  • Only Two Can Play's based on is recorded as That Uncertain Feeling[8].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Peter Sellers[9].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Mai Zetterling[10].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Virginia Maskell[11].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Frederick Piper[12].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as John Le Mesurier[13].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Richard Attenborough[14].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Desmond Llewelyn[15].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Raymond Huntley[16].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Marjie Lawrence[17].
  • Only Two Can Play's cast member is recorded as Graham Stark[18].
  • Only Two Can Play's director of photography is recorded as John Laurence Wilcox[19].
  • Only Two Can Play's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0056308[20].
  • Only Two Can Play's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21].
  • Only Two Can Play's Commons category is recorded as Only Two Can Play[22].
  • Only Two Can Play's color is recorded as black-and-white[23].
  • Only Two Can Play's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 955946[24].
  • Only Two Can Play's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[25].
  • Only Two Can Play's publication date is recorded as +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[26].
  • Only Two Can Play's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kv4k7[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Only Two Can Play's director is recorded as Sidney Gilliat[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Bryan Forbes[5]. Cast members include Peter Sellers[9], Mai Zetterling[10], Virginia Maskell[11], Frederick Piper[12], John Le Mesurier[13], and Richard Attenborough[14].

Publication

Only Two Can Play's publication date is recorded as +1962-01-01T00:00:00Z[26]. Its original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[21]. Its genre is recorded as film based on a novel[7].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Only Two Can Play's after a work by is recorded as Kingsley Amis[28].

Why It Matters

Only Two Can Play ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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