Sebastian

Sebastian - 1968 | 100 mins | Drama | Colour

The Production Team

Director: David Greene.
Producer: Michael Powell, Herbert Brodkin and Gerry Fisher.
Associate Producer: John Pellatt.
Script: Leo Marks and Gerald Vaughan-Hughes.
Cinematography: Gerald Fisher.
Editing: Brian Smedley-Aston.
Art Direction: Fred Carter.
Production Management: Clifton Brandon.
Sound: H.L. Bird and Gerry Humphreys.
Music: Jerry Goldsmith.

The Cast

Dirk Bogarde - Sebastian
Nigel Davenport - Gen. Phillips
John Gielgud - Head of Intelligence
Susannah York - Becky Howard
Lilli Palmer - Elsa Shahn
Ronald Fraser - Toby
Ann Beach - Pamela
Veronica Clifford - Ginny
Alan Freeman - TV Disc Jockey
Donald Sutherland - Ackerman
Margaret Johnston - Miss Elliott
James Belchamber - Man with Dog
Janet Munro - Carol Fancy

Plot Synopsis

Oxford professor Sebastian offers Becky Howard a job in his Secret Service code-breaking department, but when Elsa Shahn leaks information to a left-wing organisation he is forced to resign. The Head of Intelligence asks Sebastian's help in breaking a new code used by Russian satellites. Becky has meanwhile left the department and Sebastian finally locates her, discovering that she has a child - his son. Playing with the infant, the sound of the baby's rattle suddenly gives him a vital clue to the new code.