High Jinks in Society

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High Jinks in Society
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Directed by John Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill
Written byJohn Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill
Produced byJohn Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill
StarringBen Wrigley
Moore Marriott
Cinematography Gerald Gibbs
Edited byRobert Jordan Hill
Anne Barker
Music by Arthur Wilkinson
Production
company
Robert Jordan Hill Productions (as Advance)
Distributed by Adelphi Films Ltd. (UK)
Release date
  • December 1949 (1949-12)(UK)
Running time
78 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

High Jinks in Society (also known as High Jinx in Society) is a 1949 British comedy film directed, written and produced by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill and starring Ben Wrigley, Barbara Shaw, Basil Appleby, Peter Gawthorne and Moore Marriott. [1]

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Plot

After foiling a robbery, a window cleaner is hired by an aristocrat to protect their valuables – with comic results.

Cast

Production

It was an early film credit for John Guillermin. [2] [3]

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture never puts on airs, rather does it play down to its audience, but whichever way you look at it it's good honest, slapstick. The gags, which include an all-in wrestling burlesque and female impersonations, are surefire and good staging amplifies them." [4]

Picturegoer wrote: "Crazy slapstick comedy set in the West End of London. It deals with the adventures – or rather misadventures – of a window cleaner turned detective. The role is played in amusingly goofy fashion by Ben Wrigley, who is helped out with music from the Radio Revellers and the Squadronaires. A conventional love interest is handled neatly by Jean Lodge and Basil Appleby. In the role of a grandfather is the late Moore Marriott. On the whole, sound, honest slapstick. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "High Jinks in Society". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
  3. ↑ Pratt, Vic; Lees, Kate (2020). "CHAPTER 3 EARLY DAYS WITH ADELPHI FILMS". In Guillermin, Mary (ed.). John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies. Precocity Press. pp. 32–33.
  4. ↑ "High Jinks in Society". Kine Weekly . 394 (2223): 24. 8 December 1949. ProQuest   2676994087.
  5. ↑ "High Jinks in Society". Picturegoer . 19: 19. 15 April 1950. ProQuest   1705085459.
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