Better Late Than Never (1983 film)

Better Late Than Never is a 1983 film directed by Bryan Forbes and starring David Niven, Art Carney and Maggie Smith. The soundtrack features songs by Henry Mancini and Noël Coward.[1]

Better Late Than Never
Movie Poster
Directed byBryan Forbes
Produced byRaymond Chow
David Niven, Jr.
Jack Haley, Jr.
Written byBryan Forbes
Story byGwen Davis
StarringDavid Niven
Art Carney
Maggie Smith
Kimberley Partridge
Music byHenry Mancini
CinematographyClaude Lecomte
Edited byPhillip Shaw
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
15 April 1983
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$24,164

Plot

Nick (Niven) is the supposed grandfather of 10-year-old Bridget (Partridge), who stands to inherit a sizeable fortune. Charley (Carney) shows up and claims that he is the genuine grandpa. Both men once slept with Bridget's grandmother, and she was never certain which of the two produced her child. Neither Nick nor Charley are good prospects, so Bridget must choose from the lesser of two evils.

Principal cast
ActorRole
David NivenNick Hartland
Art CarneyCharley Dunbar
Maggie SmithMiss Anderson
Catherine HicksSable
Lionel JeffriesBertie
Melissa ProphetMarlene
Kimberley PartridgeBridget
Jean-Pierre CastaldiDoctor

Production

Forbes originally offered Carney's role to William Holden who declined because the fee offered was too small. Forbes wrote in 1992 that if Holden had made the film he "might have been alive today."[2]

References
  1. Better Late Than Never (1982) - Soundtracks
  2. Bryan Forbes, A Divided Life, Mandarin, 1993 p. 17


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