All Night Long

Synopsis: Feature film updating Othello to a jazz club setting. Aurelius Rex is a famous black jazz musician with a white wife, former singer Delia. Wealthy Rodney Hamilton throws a party for him where one of the guests, drummer Johnny Cousin, wants Delia to be in his new band. When she refuses he uses lies and insinuations to break up the marriage, including editing a taped conversation to make it seem as if Delia is having an affair with Rex’s manager, Cass. Having heard the tape Rex is so furious he nearly strangles her. Eventually Johnny’s schemes are revealed and Rex and Delia are reunited.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Black-and-white / Sound
Year of release: 1961
Duration: 91 mins; 3,286 (16mm) feet

Director

Basil Deardon; Michael Relph

Cinematographer

Ted Scaife

Screenplay

Nel King; Peter Achilles

Music

Philip Green

Cast

Paul Harris (2)	Aurelius Rex (Othello)
Marti Stevens	Delia Lane (Desdemona)
Patrick McGoohan	Johnny Cousin (Iago)
Keith Michell	Cass Michaels (Michael Cassio)
Betsy Blair	Emily (Emilia)
Richard Attenborough	Rod Hamilton

Notes: The BFI National Archive viewing copy is 16mm.
General: Jazz musicians appearing in the film include Dave Brubeck, Johnny Dankworth, Charles Mingus and Tubby Hayes.
Reviews: `A combination of Othello and a jazz jamboree that falls flat on both counts’ . David Meeker Jazz in the Movies: A Guide to Jazz Musicians 1917-1977. London: Talisman Books, 1977.

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