The Private Life of the Ford Cortina

Name: The Private Life of the Ford Cortina
Director: Nigel Finch
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1982-01-19
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Alexei Sayle, Magnus Magnusson, John McVicar, John Betjeman, Tom Robinson

1982

45m

Documentary

Director: Nigel Finch

Overview

A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen, and most misunderstood car. 'Dagenham dustbin'? 'Poor man's Rolls-Royce'? In the year that may well see the end of a legend, some of the motoring public, including Sir John Betjeman, Tom Robinson, Alexei Sayle, Sir Terence Beckett and Magnus Magnusson take apart the Ford Cortina: Life and Works 1962-1982.