The Bed Sitting Room (film)

The Bed Sitting Room
Theatrical poster
Directed byRichard Lester
Written byJohn Antrobus
Screenplay byCharles Wood (adaption)
Based onThe Bedsitting Room
1963 play
by Spike Milligan &
John Antrobus
Produced byOscar Lewenstein
Richard Lester
StarringRita Tushingham
Dudley Moore
Harry Secombe
Arthur Lowe
Roy Kinnear
Spike Milligan
Ronald Fraser
Jimmy Edwards
Michael Hordern
Peter Cook
Ralph Richardson
Marty Feldman
CinematographyDavid Watkin
Edited byJohn Victor Smith
Music byKen Thorne
Production
company
Oscar Lewenstein Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • June 1969 (1969-06) (Berlin)
  • 25 March 1970 (1970-03-25) (UK)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Bed Sitting Room is a 1969 British black comedy film directed by Richard Lester, starring an ensemble cast of British comic actors, and based on the play of the same name. It was entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival. The film is an absurdist, post-apocalyptic, satirical black comedy.