| Climb Up the Wall | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Michael Winner |
| Written by | Jack Jackson Michael Winner |
| Produced by | Olive Negus-Fancey |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Richard Bailey Alfred Burger |
| Edited by | Peter Austen-Hunt |
Production company | Border Film Productions |
| Distributed by | New Realm Pictures |
Release date | 1960 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Climb Up the Wall is a 1960 British second feature[1] comedy and musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Jack Jackson, Glen Mason and Russ Conway.[2][3] It features uncredited appearances by Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine.
Plot
Cast
- Jack Jackson as himself
- Glen Mason as himself
- Russ Conway as himself
- Craig Douglas as himself
- Mike Preston as himself
- Cherry Wainer as herself
- Libby Morris as herself
- Malcolm Jackson as himself
- Tommy Yeardye as himself
- Don Storer as himself
- Neville Taylor as himself
- Aleta Morrison as herself
- George 'Calypso' Browne as himself
- Rahnee Motie as herself
- Peter Sellers
- Michael Bentine
- Antonio
- Frances Day
- Claude Dampier
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This extravaganza is so chaotic and inconsequential in construction and presentation that it is almost surrealist, with Jack Jackson and his son Malcolm clowning around rather abysmally in between presenting clips from old films (to introduce Charlie Kunz and Frances Day, for example), cabaret artistes (including an Indian female fire-eater), and a handful of crooners and rock'n'rollers, concluding with a "beat" session. Fans of Jack Jackson's style of radio disc-jockeying may find his fooling and patter to their taste, but the humour is decidedly poverty-stricken – for example, "What's this fly doing in my drink?" . . . "The breast stroke, by the look of it!" The sole redeeming feature is a guest appearance by Peter Sellers in an all too brief sketch, parodying the American military."[4]
References
- ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
- ↑ "Climb Up the Wall". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ↑ Chibnall & McFarlane p.59
- ↑ "Climb Up the Wall". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 68. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.
External links
- Climb Up the Wall at IMDb
- Climb Up the Wall then-and-now location photographs at ReelStreets