The Singer Not the Song
The Singer Not the Song is a 1961 British drama film based on the 1953 novel of the same title by Audrey Erskine Lindop that was directed by Roy Ward Baker and filmed in Spain. It stars Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, and Mylène Demongeot. Plot A priest, Father Michael Keogh (John Mills), is sent by Rome to Quantana, a remote Mexican town which is under the control of a ruthless bandit, Anacleto Comachi (Dirk Bogarde). Anacleto is educated and intelligent, and is "down" on the Church, but he finds in Keogh a man he strangely admires and with whom he can have intelligent conversation. However, he does not allow this to distract him from his goal: to expunge the priest from his fiefdom at any cost. Main cast Dirk Bogarde as Anacleto Comachi John Mills as Father Michael Keogh Mylène Demongeot as Locha de Cortinez Laurence Naismith as Old Uncle John Bentley as Police Captain Leslie French as Father Gomez Eric Pohlmann as Presidente Nyall Florenz as Vito Roger Delgado as Pedro de Cortinez Philip Gilbert as Phil Brown Selma Vaz Dias as Chela Laurence Payne as Pablo Eileen Way as cigar-smoking woman Lee Montague as taxi-driver Production Leo Genn