The Spanish Gardener is a 1950 novel by A. J. Cronin which tells the story of a British diplomat, Harrington Brande, who is posted to Catalonia, Spain after his marriage collapses. The overbearing father becomes jealous of the evolving friendship between his young son, Nicholas, and the charismatic gardener, Jose. Feeling threatened and resentful, Harrington goes to extreme lengths to destroy the mentoring relationship that has brought much joy to his sheltered child, even having Jose framed for theft. Released in 1956, the film adaptation was filmed both at Pinewood Studios, situatedoutside of London, and in S'Agaro, on the Costa Brava. The outdoor scenes are particularly beautiful due to the locales, as well as to the intense colour saturation resulting from the Technicolor film process. In 1958 and 1967, the story was adapted for Brazilian television by TV Tupi.
Harold Scott is dubbed by Maurice Denham in this movie.
The set was later used for the "Ripping Yarns" (1976) story Across The Andres By Frog.
