Mark Burns

Michael (James Aubrey, LORD OF THE FLIES) is a successful songwriter, living the good life without a care in the world. The along comes a hitchhiker named Ginny (Alison Elliot). Michael gives her a left and a connection is made. Over time, they fall in love and everything seems perfect…at first. The their age difference comes to light. It turns out that Ginny is only fourteen years old. Soon, Ginny’s parents get wind of this relationship and immediately call in the police. When facts become grossly manipulated, sympathies shift as Michael is charged with rape.Read More »

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Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to dust as he drinks his way through a seaside resort community, trailing his little niece Winnie.Read More »

Roman Polanski wrote the screenplay for this decidedly offbeat drama. Bernie (Mark Burns) plays a rootless wanderer with a fondness for alcohol and no clear goals in life. Bernie stumbles into a seaside resort community with Winnie (Beatrice Edney), a young girl in leg braces, in tow. As Bernie starts hitting the bottle, his physical and emotional stability starts to crumble, and Winnie begins to worry for his safety, until he finally collapses and Winnie panics, with no one left to look after her. Peter Sellers makes a brief cameo appearance as a gay shopkeeper who sets up a booth to take advantage of the beach traffic. While Polanski originally intended to direct A Day At The Beach, he later turned over the reigns to filmmaker Simon Hesera; it was his first dramatic feature, and his last.Read More »