Jumping for Joy (Original title)
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 13 February 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: Ex-dog track worker buys a greyhound and wins a classic race with him after a tussle with some crooks.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Gambling
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7962 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2537 9 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n266 March 1956 Page: 32
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n266 March 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7056 3 Feb 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7056 3 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 29 Feb 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 29 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7451 2 Feb 1956 Page: 12
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7451 2 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-969578
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-969578
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm DuplicatingBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 9300 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-216700
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm DuplicatingBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-216702
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1956 (Copyright), 13 February 1956 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: John Paddy Carstairs
Synopsis: Ex-dog track worker buys a greyhound and wins a classic race with him after a tussle with some crooks.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Gambling
Releases
Date: 1956Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 88 mins Length: 7962 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
©/Production Company: J. Arthur Rank Film Productions, Presents: The Rank Organisation, [Production Company]: Raymond Stross Productions, closing logo: British and Dominions Film Corporation, Executive Producer: Earl St. John, Produced by: Raymond Stross, Production Manager: Jack Swinburne, Production Controller: Arthur Alcott, Assistant Director: Robert Asher, Continuity: Kathleen Hosgood, Original Story and Screenplay by: Jack Davies, Henry E. Blyth, Director of Photography: Jack Cox, Camera Operator: Jim Bawden, Special Effects: W. Warrington, Editor: John D. Guthridge, Art Director: Michael Stringer, Costume Designer: Joan Ellacott, Make Up: W.T. Partleton, Music composed and played by: Larry Adler, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: John Dennis, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: James Groom, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(45)
Frankie Howerd (Willie Joy), Stanley Holloway ('Captain' Jack Montague), A.E. Matthews (Lord Reginald Cranfield), Tony Wright (Vincent), Alfie Bass (Blagg), Joan Hickson (Lady Emily Cranfield), Lionel Jeffries (Bert Benton), Susan Beaumont (Susan Stora), Terence Longdon (John Wyndham), Colin Gordon (Max, racing commentator), Richard Wattis (Mr Carruthers, tie salesman), Danny Green (Plug Ugly), Barbara Archer (Marlene), William Kendall (Blenkinsop), Ewen Solon (Haines), Reginald Beckwith (Mr Smithers, the tailor), Beatrice Varley ([landlady]), Michael Ward ([Pertwee, clothing shop manager]), David Hannaford ([boy with pike in park]), Charles Hawtrey ([man at racetrack bar]), Bill Fraser ([drunken billiard player]), Arthur Mullard (['Ireland Forever' in billiards saloon]), Ian Wilson ([man in telephone booth]), George A. Cooper ([farmer]), Gerald Campion ([racegoer with ice cream]), Tom Gill ([Barry]), John Warren ([track announcer]), Jack Lambert ([Clinton]), A.J. Dean ([uncredited]), Frederick Treves ([attendant]), Andrew Faulds ([drunk's friend]), Stuart Saunders, Richard Dunn ([fat policeman]), Joyce Gardner ([billiards player]), Jack Newmark ([little man]), Geoffrey King ([prosperous man]), Arthur Lovegrove ([tough]), Leonard Morris ([newspaper man]), Reginald Atkinson ([car owner]), Terence Mitchell ([youth]), Brian Sunners ([fat policeman]), Joan Ingram ([nurse]), Peter Fontaine ([patient]), David Ghilchilc ([mayor]), Jo Ann Matthews ([bookie])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2537 9 Feb 1956 Page: 8Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2537 9 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v23 n266 March 1956 Page: 32
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v23 n266 March 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Daily Film Renter n7056 3 Feb 1956 Page: 4
Title: [Daily Film Renter - n7056 3 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 29 Feb 1956 Page: 6
Title: [Variety - 29 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
In: Today's Cinema v86 n7451 2 Feb 1956 Page: 12
Title: [Today's Cinema - v86 n7451 2 Feb 1956: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(3)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-969578
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-969578
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(2)
Description: 35mm DuplicatingBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 9300 FeetStock date: 1954BFI identifier: C-216700
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm DuplicatingBase: NitrateSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-216702
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status