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The Bespoke Overcoat

1956 British black and white short ghost and drama film by Jack Clayton
Movie short_film Q7716588
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Summary

The Bespoke Overcoat is a short film[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (167 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3]
  • Instance of: film[4]
  • Director: Jack Clayton[5]
  • Screenwriter: Wolf Mankowitz[6]
  • Composer: Georges Auric[7]
  • Genre: drama film[8], ghost film[9]
  • Based on: The Overcoat[10]
  • Cast member: Alfie Bass[11], David Kossoff[12], Alan Tilvern[13]
  • Producer: George K. Arthur[14], Jack Clayton[15]
  • Production company: John and James Woolf[16]
  • Director of photography: Wolfgang Suschitzky[17]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[18]
  • Color: black-and-white[19]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[20]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1956[21]
  • Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment[22]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[23]
  • Title: The Bespoke Overcoat[24]
  • After a work by: Nikolai Gogol[25]
  • Duration: 36 minutes[26]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: 12[27]
  • P14449: 165755[28]

Why It Matters

The Bespoke Overcoat has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

FAQs

What awards did The Bespoke Overcoat receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Two-reel[3].

Related Entities

film Georges Auric Nikolai Gogol The Overcoat United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . allocine.fr. Retrieved . allocine.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 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] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: 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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  1. 3d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 8
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'nl', 'pt', 'sh', 'tr', 'ur']
    Ampas collections film id → W068487
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Based on → The Overcoat
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 165755
    Producer → George K. Arthur, Jack Clayton
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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