The Jokers

The Jokers
Original film poster
Directed byMichael Winner
Written byDick Clement
Ian La Frenais
Story byMichael Winner
Produced byBen Arbeid
Maurice Foster
StarringOliver Reed
Michael Crawford
Harry Andrews
Michael Hordern
Gabriella Licudi
CinematographyKen Hodges
Edited byBernard Gribble
Music byJohnny Pearson
Distributed byRank Organisation (UK)
Universal Pictures (US)
Release date
  • 15 May 1967 (1967-05-15)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£300,000[1] or £257,419[2][3]

The Jokers is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Michael Winner and starring Michael Crawford and Oliver Reed.[4] It was written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. Two brothers hatch a plot to steal the Crown Jewels.

  1. ^ "Winning Winner". The Times. 22 May 1966. p. 11.
  2. ^ Chapman, L. (2021). “They wanted a bigger, more ambitious film”: Film Finances and the American “Runaways” That Ran Away. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 18(2), 176–197 p 189. https://doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2021.0565
  3. ^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 360 gives the figure at £275,512
  4. ^ "The Jokers". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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