There are so many great titles in Basil Darden's filmography, with intelligent scripts about surprising subjects, just remember "the Victim". This "All night long" is another must by Dearden as we see during a night celebration an explosive cocktail with a story inspired by Shakespeare (Othello), some great jazzmen (Dave Brubeck and Charlie Mingus), Patrick McGoohan playing a dangerous toxic character, and a wonderful casting with all kind of rare and inter racial situations. The main interest is of course Patrick McGoohan, I only know him in his first great movie "Hell's drivers" (directed in 1957 by Cyril Enfield) and in the cult TV series "Danger man", "Secret Agent" and "the Prisoner". McGoohan is really nasty in "All night long", I'm very surprised some scenes weren't censored in the early 60's. Cinematography is brilliant as often in British cinema. A must see.
In 1974, Patrick McGoohan directed "Catch my soul", a hippie musical version of Othello, with Richie Havens, Tony Joe White, Bille Joe Royal...
In 1974, Patrick McGoohan directed "Catch my soul", a hippie musical version of Othello, with Richie Havens, Tony Joe White, Bille Joe Royal...