Upstairs and Downstairs (Original title)
Date: 28 September 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Comedy about the problems involved finding a domestic home help.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Domestic staff
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9100 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Title: [Variety - 3 Jan 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v168 n20 28 Dec 1961 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v168 n20 28 Dec 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 19 Aug 1959
Title: [Variety - 19 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n308 September 1959 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n308 September 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8189 10 Aug 1959 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8189 10 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 25
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-183296
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9098 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-183290
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 28 September 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ralph Thomas
Synopsis: Comedy about the problems involved finding a domestic home help.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Domestic staff
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9100 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Rank Film Distributors
Credits
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Production Company: Rank Film Productions, closing logo: B&D Film Corporation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Betty E. Box, Production Manager: Charles Orme, Production Controller for Pinewood Studios: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Geoffrey Haine, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: Frank Harvey, Adapted from the novel by: Ronald Scott Thorn, Director of Photography: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: James Bawden, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Maurice Carter, Set Dresser: Vernon Dixon, Costume Designer: Joan Ellacott, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Make-up: Basil Newall, Hairdressing: Stella Rivers, Music by: Philip Green, 'Upstairs and Downstairs' Lyric by: Sonny Miller, Sound Recordist: John W. Mitchell, Sound Recordist: Bill Daniels, Sound Editor: Harry Miller, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
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Michael Craig (Richard Barry), Anne Heywood (Kate Barry), Myléne Demongeot (Ingrid), James Robertson Justice (Mansfield), Sidney James (Police Constable Edwards), Reginald Beckwith (vicar on train), Jean Cadell (1st old lady), Claudia Cardinale (Maria), Gaylord Cavallaro, Cyril Chamberlain (train guard), Barbara Everest (2nd old lady), Margalo Gillmore, Irene Handl (woman in employment agency), Joan Hickson (Rosemary), Dilys Laye (employment agent), Harry Locke (train ticket inspector), Daniel Massey (Wesley), William Mervyn (bank manager), Nora Nicholson (Edith Farringdon), Nicholas Parsons, Nicholas Phipps, Eric Pohlmann (Mario), Madge Ryan (policewoman), Joan Sims (Blodwen), Barbara Steele (Mary), Joseph Tomelty (Arthur Farringdon), Austin Willis, Burt Kwouk (Chinese restaurant proprietor), Sam Kydd (chauffeur)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(6)
In: Variety 3 Jan 1962Title: [Variety - 3 Jan 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: The Hollywood Reporter v168 n20 28 Dec 1961 Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v168 n20 28 Dec 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 19 Aug 1959
Title: [Variety - 19 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n308 September 1959 Page: 125
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n308 September 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8189 10 Aug 1959 Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8189 10 Aug 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Page: 25
Title: [ - : no known title]
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm InterpositiveBase: SafetyBFI identifier: C-183296
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Master PositiveBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 9098 FeetStock date: 1950BFI identifier: C-183290
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film