Bottoms Up (1960 film)
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| Directed by | Mario Zampi |
| Written by | Michael Pertwee Frank Muir Denis Norden |
| Produced by | Giulio Zampi Mario Zampi |
| Starring | Jimmy Edwards Arthur Howard Martita Hunt Sydney Tafler |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
Production company | Transocean [Mario Zampi Productions] |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Bottoms Up is a 1960 British comedy film.
It stars Jimmy Edwards in a spin-off of his TV comedy series Whack-O!, playing the seedy, alcoholic, cane-wielding headmaster of Chiselbury School.[1]
The plot involves Melvyn Hayes playing a Cockney youth who tries to impersonate an Indian prince. An early comic script from the pens of Frank Muir and Denis Norden.
Cast list
- Jimmy Edwards as Professor Jim Edwards
- Arthur Howard as Oliver Pettigrew
- Mitch Mitchell (billed as John Mitchell) as Peregrine Wendover
- Martita Hunt as Lady Gore-Willoughby
- Sydney Tafler as Sid Biggs
- Raymond Huntley as Garrick Jones
- Reginald Beckwith as Bishop Wendover
- Vanda Hudson as Matron (as Vanda)
- Melvyn Hayes as Cecil Biggs
- Donald Hewlett as Hamley
- Richard Briers as Colbourne
Critical reception
- TV Guide called the film an "inane slapstick comedy set in an English boarding school...Forced humor from a slapdash script and direction." [2]
- Allmovie wrote, "producer/director Mario Zampi knows where the laughs are and knows how to get them in full measure." [3]
- Sky movies wrote, "it could have been a lot funnier, but, even so, it's a useful record of Edwards in his element." [4]
External links
- Bottoms Up at IMDb
References
- ^ "Bottoms Up | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Bottoms Up Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Bottoms Up (1960) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast". AllMovie. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ^ "Bottoms Up! - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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