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Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (Original title)
Date: 15 September 1968 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Jerry Paris

Synopsis: Get-rich-quick enthusiast has lost his wife through his unsuccessful scheming and now hopes to lure her back. Meanwhile he tries to sell plans for an electronic oil drill to a Middle Eastern buyer.

Genre:
Drama
Credits (18)
Production Company: Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., Production Company: Walter Shenson Films Ltd, Producer: Walter Shenson, Associate Producer: Leon Becker, Production Manager: Basil Rayburn, Assistant Director: Douglas Hermes, [2nd Assistant Director]: Joe Marks, Screenplay: Max Wilk, Based on the novel by: Max Wilk, Director of Photography: Otto Heller, Editor: Bill Lenny, Art Director: John Howell, Set Decorator: Pamela Cornell, Music composed and conducted: David Whitaker, Choreography: Leo Kharibian, Sound Recording: Ken Ritchie, Sound Recording: Nolan Roberts
Cast (22)
Jerry Lewis (George Lester), Terry-Thomas (H. William Homer), Jacqueline Pearce (Pamela Lester), Bernard Cribbins (Fred Davies), Patricia Routledge (Lucille Beatty), Nicholas Parsons (Dudley Heath), Michael Bates (Dr. Spink), John Bluthal (Dr. Pinto), Sandra Caron (Pinto's Nurse), Pippa Benedict (Fern Averback), Harold Goodwin (Six-Eyes Wiener), Richard Montez (Arab), Henry Soskin (Bearded Arab), Al Mancini (Portuguese Chauffeur), John Moore (Digby), John Barrard (Zebra Man), Robert Lee (Bruce), Francisca Tu (Chinese Telephonist), Colin Douglas (Barman), Alexandra Dane (Masseuse), Nike Arrighi (Portuguese Waitress), Jerry Paris (Baseball Umpire)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (8)
In: British National Film Catalogue v6 1968
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v6 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n9565 23 Aug 1968  Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9565 23 Aug 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v35 n417 October 1968  Page: 155
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v35 n417 October 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n3176 24 Aug 1968  Page: 14
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3176 24 Aug 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v238 n25 19 Jun 1968  Page: 824
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v238 n25 19 Jun 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v201 n13 5 Jun 1968  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v201 n13 5 Jun 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: Films and Filming v15 n3 December 1968  Page: 39
Title: [Films and Filming - v15 n3 December 1968: no known title]Language: English

In: Variety 5 Jun 1968  Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 5 Jun 1968: no known title]Language: English