You Must Be Joking! (Original title)You Must Be Joking (Help search title)
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 01 February 1965 (Production), 05 September 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Michael Winner
Synopsis: Chase comedy of five service men who are instructed to obtain six status symbols of the British way of life.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Soldiers
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 8957 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3018 5 Aug 1965 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3018 5 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n380 September 1965 Page: 140
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n380 September 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Aug 1965
Title: [Variety - 11 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9097 30 Jul 1965 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9097 30 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8955 FeetBFI identifier: C-944564
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1965 (Copyright), 01 February 1965 (Production), 05 September 1965 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, USADirector: Michael Winner
Synopsis: Chase comedy of five service men who are instructed to obtain six status symbols of the British way of life.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Soldiers
Releases
Date: 1965Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 8957 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
©: Ameran Films Limited, Made on location by: Ameran Films Limited, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Produced by: Charles H. Schneer, Production Manager: Ted Wallis, Assistant Director: Peter Price, Continuity: Eileen Head, Screenplay by: Alan Hackney, From a story by: Alan Hackney, Michael Winner, Director of Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Camera Operator: Alex Thompson, Furs by: Molho, Editor: Bernard Gribble, Art Director: Maurice Carter, Construction Manager: Harry Arbour, Miss Licudi's Wardrobe by: Tony Armstrong, Title Designer: Bob Godfrey, Music composed and conducted by: Laurie Johnson, Songs 'I'm With You', 'I'll Be True to You Baby' Music by: Buddy Bregman, Songs 'I'm With You', 'I'll Be True to You Baby' Lyrics by: Hal Shaper, Sound Recordist: Wally Milner, Sound Recordist: Ken Cameron, Boom Operator: Harry Fairbairn, Sound System: RCA Recording System
Cast
(34)
Michael Callan (Lieutenant Tim Morton), Lionel Jeffries (Sergeant Major Sidney McGregor), Denholm Elliott (Captain Fitzroy Tabasco), Wilfrid Hyde White (General Lockwood), Bernard Cribbins (Sergeant Clegg), James Robertson Justice (librarian), Leslie Phillips (irate husband), Gabriella Licudi (Annabelle), Patricia Viterbo (Sylvie Tarnet), Terry-Thomas (Major Fuskett), Lee Montague (Staff Sergeant Sidney Mansfield), Irene Handl (neighbour), Richard Wattis (Parkins, club receptionist), Miles Malleson (Rolls Royce salesman), Gwendolyn Watts, Clive Dunn (TV station doorman), Tracy Reed (Poppy Pennington), James Villiers (Bill Simpson), Graham Stark (Harry Perkins), Arthur Lowe (husband back from holidays), Peter Bull (assistant librarian), Norman Vaughan (Norman Stone), David Jacobs (disc jockey), Arthur Howard (Cecil), Stanley Meadows (Barry Morris), Jon Pertwee (electric hare counterman), Lance Percival (man at greyhound track), Marianne Stone (fan club worker), Peter Barkworth (Peter, studio director), Jill Mai Meredith (Sally), Alexandra Stevenson (Carol), Jeffrey Chandler (Freddy), Ed Bishop (soldier at checkpoint), Peter Gilmore (soldier handed letter)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: British National Film Catalogue v3 1965Title: [British National Film Catalogue - v3 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n3018 5 Aug 1965 Page: 12
Title: [Kine Weekly - n3018 5 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v32 n380 September 1965 Page: 140
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v32 n380 September 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 11 Aug 1965
Title: [Variety - 11 Aug 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n9097 30 Jul 1965 Page: 4
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n9097 30 Jul 1965: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 8955 FeetBFI identifier: C-944564
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film