Climb Up the Wall

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Climb Up the Wall
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Michael Winner
Written byJack 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 byNew Realm Pictures
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited 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.

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Plot

Cast

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]

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References

  1. ↑ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ↑ "Climb Up the Wall". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Chibnall & McFarlane p.59
  4. ↑ "Climb Up the Wall". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 27 (312): 68. 1 January 1960 – via ProQuest.


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