Question: Which film has the director who died first, The Sunshine Boys (1975 Film) or Distant Trumpet?

The Firm Man is a 1975 film which was the directorial debut of John Duigan. <SEP> Distant Trumpet is a 1952 drama film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Derek Bond and Jean Patterson. A Harley Street doctor answers the call to perform medical missionary work in Africa, taking over from his indisposed brother. <SEP> The cast included real- life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F. Murray Abraham, Rosetta LeNoire, Howard Hesseman, and Ron Rifkin in supporting roles. The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro- Goldwyn- Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary( and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. This would be Matthau's last Neil Simon movie until 1982's" I Ought to Be in Pictures" with Ann-Margret and Dinah Manoff. <SEP> He was the first to bring gothic horror alive in full colour, and the sexual overtones and explicit horror in his films, while mild by modern standards, were unprecedented in his day. Terence Fisher( 23 February 1904 – 18 June 1980) was a British film director best known for his work for Hammer Films. His first major gothic horror film was" The Curse of Frankenstein"( 1957), which launched Hammer's association with the genre and made British actors Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee leading horror stars of the era. He went on to film several adaptations of classic horror subjects, including" Dracula"( 1958)," The Mummy"( 1959), and" The Curse of the Werewolf"( 1961). Given their subject matter and lurid approach, Fisher's films, though commercially successful, were largely dismissed by critics during his career. It is only in recent years that Fisher has become recognised as an" auteur" in his own right. His most famous films are characterised by a blend of fairytale myth and the supernatural alongside themes of sexuality, morality, and ‘ the charm of evil ’. Drawing heavily on a Christian conservative outlook, there is often a hero who defeats the powers of darkness by a combination of faith in God and reason, in contrast to other characters, who are either blindly superstitious or bound by cold, godless rationalism. For detailed discussions of Fisher's work, see" Terence Fisher: Horror, Myth, and Religion" by Paul Leggett( McFarland and Co, 2002)," British Film Makers: Terence Fisher" by Peter Hutchings( Manchester University Press, 2013), and" The Films of Terence Fisher: Hammer Horror and Beyond" by Wheeler Winston Dixon( Auteur Publishing, 2017). <SEP> Herbert David Ross( May 13, 1927 – October 9, 2001) was an American actor, choreographer, director and producer who worked predominantly in the stage and film. <SEP> Richard Samuel Benjamin( born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well- known film productions, including" Goodbye, Columbus"( 1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth;" Catch- 22"( 1970), from the Joseph Heller best- seller;" Westworld"( 1973), a science- fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and" The Sunshine Boys"( 1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy" My Favorite Year". His other films as director include" City Heat"( 1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood," The Money Pit"( 1986) with Tom Hanks, and" Made in America"( 1993) with Whoopi Goldberg.