Further up the Creek (Original title)
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 19 October 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Val Guest
Synopsis: Comedy. Navy frigate is sold to Middle East power and the crew try to turn it to profit by taking paying passengers aboard. When the Captain gets to know what is going on, he becomes more and more involved in trying to straighten things out-only to find himself, in the end, honoured, instead of shot.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1958not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Digital Betacam - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8166 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8066 13 Oct 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n298 November 1958 Page: 142
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n298 November 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2670 16 Oct 1958 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2670 16 Oct 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Nov 1958
Title: [Variety - 5 Nov 1958: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: C-1325232
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8182 FeetBFI identifier: C-237637
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8182 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-237638
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8182 FeetBFI identifier: C-237635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8168 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-237636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1958 (Copyright), 19 October 1958 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Val Guest
Synopsis: Comedy. Navy frigate is sold to Middle East power and the crew try to turn it to profit by taking paying passengers aboard. When the Captain gets to know what is going on, he becomes more and more involved in trying to straighten things out-only to find himself, in the end, honoured, instead of shot.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1958not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Digital Betacam - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8166 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
©: Byron Film Productions Ltd, A Hammer production: Byron Film, A Byron production: Hammer Film Productions, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Produced by: Henry Halsted, Production Manager: Patrick Marsden, Production Supervisor: Fred A. Swann, Assistant Director: John Peverall, Continuity: Doreen Dearnaley, Written by: Val Guest, Written by: John Warren, Written by: Len Heath, Photographed by: Gerald Gibbs, Camera Operator: Len Harris, Editor: Bill Lenny, Art Director: George Provis, Wardrobe: Molly Arbuthnot, Make-up: Phil Leaky, Hairdresser: Marjorie Whittle, Music by: Stanley Black, Sound Recordist: Jock May, Sound Editing: David Elliott, Sound System: RCA Sound Recording, Technical Adviser: Commander Peter Peake R.N., Made at: Bray Film Studios
Cast
(42)
David Tomlinson (Lt Fairweather), Shirley Eaton (Jane Cartwright), Frankie Howerd (bosun), Thora Hird (Mrs Galloway), Lionel Jeffries (Steady Barker), Lionel Murton (Perkins), David Lodge (Scouse), John Warren (Cooky), Sam Kydd (Bates), Edwin Richfield (Bennett), Howard Williams (Bunts), Peter Collingwood (Chippy), Harry Landis (Webster), Ian Whittaker (Lofty), Tom Gill (Monsieur Phillipe), Amy Dalby (Edie Lovelace), Esma Cannon (Maudie Lovelace), Mary Wilson (Vicky), Jack Le White, Max Day (Kentoni Brothers), Basil Dignam (flagship commander), Michael Goodliffe (Lt Commander Blakeney), Eric Pohlmann (president), Walter Hudd (British consul), Judith Furse (chief wren), Charles Lloyd Pack (El Diabolo), Ballard Berkeley (Whacker Payne), Wolfe Morris (Algeroccan major), John Singer (despatch rider), Michael Ripper (ticket collector), Stanley Unwin (porter), Larry Noble (postman), John Hall (sea scout), John Stuart (admiral), Patrick Holt (first lieutenant), Katherine Byrne (second model), Joe Gibbon (taxi driver), Victor Brooks (dockyard policeman), Cavan Malone (signalman), Desmond Llewelyn (chief yeoman), Jess Conrad (signals), George Herbert (Algeroccan officer)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: The Daily Cinema n8066 13 Oct 1958 Page: 6Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8066 13 Oct 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v25 n298 November 1958 Page: 142
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v25 n298 November 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2670 16 Oct 1958 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2670 16 Oct 1958: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 5 Nov 1958
Title: [Variety - 5 Nov 1958: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(5)
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamBFI identifier: C-1325232
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Film materials(4)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8182 FeetBFI identifier: C-237637
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8182 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-237638
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film - suitable for duplication
Description: 35mm Original NegativeBase: SafetySound: MuteLength: 8182 FeetBFI identifier: C-237635
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Re-recorded NegativeBase: SafetySound: SoundLength: 8168 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-237636
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film