Jumping for Joy
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| Jumping for Joy | |
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| Directed by | John Paddy Carstairs |
| Produced by | Raymond Stross |
| Written by | Henry Blyth Jack Davies |
| Starring | Frankie Howerd Stanley Holloway Joan Hickson Lionel Jeffries |
| Music by | Larry Adler |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Editing by | John D. Guthridge |
| Distributed by | The Rank Organisation |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries. A man buys a greyhound and enters it in a major race, but gets mixed up with criminals who want to fix the race by doping dogs.[1]
Halliwell's Film and Video Guide 2000 describes the film as a "totally predictable star comedy which needs livening up"[2] and the Time Out Film Guide 2009 describes the film as "lame".[3]
[edit] Cast
- 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 Storer
- Terence Longdon - John Wyndham
- Colin Gordon - Max, the commentator
- Richard Wattis - Carruthers
- Danny Green - Plug Ugly
- Barbara Archer - Marlene
- William Kendall - Blenkinsop
- Ewen Solon - Haines
- Reginald Beckwith - Smithers
[edit] References
- ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/38553
- ^ John Walker (ed.) Halliwell's Film and Video Guide, London: HarperCollins, 1999, p.443
- ^ John Pym (ed.) Time Out Film Guide 2009, LOndon: Ebury: 2008, p.552
Jumping for Joy at the Internet Movie Database
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