The Kitchen (1961 film)

The Kitchen
DVD cover
Directed byJames Hill
Based onplay by Arnold Wesker
Produced bySidney Cole
StarringCarl Möhner
Mary Yeomans
Brian Phelan
Tom Bell
Eric Pohlmann
Music byDavid Lee
Production
company
Eyeline Productions
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • August 1961 (1961-08)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£27,246

The Kitchen is a 1961 British drama film directed by James Hill and starring Carl Möhner, Mary Yeomans, Brian Phelan, Tom Bell, Eric Pohlmann and James Bolam. The script was by Sidney Cole and Arnold Wesker, based on the 1957 stage play of the same name by Wesker. It was produced by Cole for Act Films Ltd. The film follows the dozen staff in a restaurant's kitchen during the course of one busy morning.

It features a musical interlude when all the staff dance to the song "What's Cookin'" by Adam Faith.