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The Rebel. Anthony Hancock (Tony Hancock). Copyright: STUDIOCANAL
The Rebel

The Rebel

  • 1961 film

Comedy starring Tony Hancock as a bored London office clerk who begins to make waves on the Parisian art scene. Also features George Sanders, Paul Massie, Margit Saad, Gregoire Aslan, Dennis Price and more.

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Press clippings

Top 10 Network Comedy Releases of the 2010s

A look back at Network Distributing's best ten comedy DVD and Blu-ray titles released in the last decade.

Aaron Brown, Network, 6th December 2019

Paul Merton on Hancock's Hollywood half-hour

Tony Hancock's two leading film roles are a reminder of the extremes of his comic genius. Paul Merton talks about the legacy of his hero - and how comedy is too coarse today.

Catherine Shoard, The Guardian, 20th September 2019

Newly restored Tony Hancock films and special cinema screening

Tony Hancock's celebrated early-1960s feature films have been restored for new Blu-ray releases, with a cinema screening planned for the acclaimed comedy classic The Rebel.

British Comedy Guide, 2nd September 2019

It is possible for instance, to analyse Thames's two-hour-long old film "The Rebel." But I find the attempt rather like trying to fillet a fishfinger.

Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 4th February 1970

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