Captain Busby: The Even Tenour of Her Ways

Overview

The first half of Ann Wolff's BFI-funded short sees the eponymous captain (played by O'Connor) enacting the bizarre actions of the verse, chewing his beard, bouncing through a window and "frowning at a passing ceiling". In the second half, a curious interplay involving a carrot unfolds at a railway station.

Directed by Ann Wolff

Top cast

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Eileen Colgan

Mother

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Philip O’Connor

Captain Busby

Quentin Crisp

Stationmaster

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Martina Mayne

Marcella

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Peter Hurst-Smith

Porter

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Martin Canter

M and Official

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