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| name = Climb Up the Wall
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| director = [[Michael Winner]]
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| director = [[Michael Winner]]
| producer = [[Olive Negus-Fancey]]
| writer = [[Jack Jackson (radio personality)|Jack Jackson]]<br /> Michael Winner
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| writer = Jack Jackson<br /> Michael Winner
| starring = {{ubl|Jack Jackson|[[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]]|[[Russ Conway]]}}
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| music =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Jack Jackson (British radio)|Jack Jackson]]|[[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]]|[[Russ Conway]]}}
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| cinematography = [[Richard Bailey (cinematographer)|Richard Bailey]] <br />[[Alfred Burger]]
| cinematography = [[Richard Bailey (cinematographer)|Richard Bailey]] <br />[[Alfred Burger]]
| editing = [[Peter Austen-Hunt]]
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| studio = Border Film Productions
| studio = Border Film Productions
| distributor = New Realm Pictures
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| released = 1960
| released = {{Film date|1960}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| runtime = 65 minutes
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'''''Climb Up the Wall''''' is a 1960 British [[comedy film|comedy]] and [[musical film]] directed by [[Michael Winner]] and starring [[Jack Jackson (British radio)|Jack Jackson]], [[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]] and [[Russ Conway]].<ref>Chibnall & McFarlane p.59</ref> It features uncredited appearances by [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Harry Secombe]].
'''''Climb Up the Wall''''' is a 1960 British [[B movie|second feature]]<ref name="Chibnall">{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[[BFI]]/[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |pages=96}}</ref> [[comedy film|comedy]] and [[musical film]] directed by [[Michael Winner]] and starring [[Jack Jackson (radio personality)|Jack Jackson]], [[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]] and [[Russ Conway]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Climb Up the Wall |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150026368 |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>Chibnall & McFarlane p.59</ref> It was written by Winner and Jackson, and features uncredited appearances by [[Peter Sellers]] and [[Michael Bentine]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
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* [[Jack Jackson (British radio)|Jack Jackson]] as Himself
* [[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]] as Himself
* [[Jack Jackson (British radio)|Jack Jackson]] as himself
* [[Russ Conway]] as Himself
* [[Glen Mason (singer)|Glen Mason]] as himself
* [[Craig Douglas]] as Himself
* [[Russ Conway]] as himself
* [[Mike Preston]] as Himself
* [[Craig Douglas]] as himself
* [[Cherry Wainer]] as Herself
* [[Mike Preston]] as himself
* [[Libby Morris]] as Herself
* [[Cherry Wainer]] as herself
* [[Malcolm Jackson]] as Himself
* [[Libby Morris]] as herself
* [[Tommy Yeardye]] as Himself
* [[Malcolm Jackson]] as himself
* [[Don Storer]] as Himself
* [[Tommy Yeardye]] as himself
* [[Neville Taylor]] as Himself
* [[Don Storer]] as himself
* [[Aleta Morrison]] as Herself
* [[Neville Taylor]] as himself
* [[George 'Calypso' Browne]] as Himself
* [[Aleta Morrison]] as herself
* [[Rahnee Motie]] as Herself
* [[George 'Calypso' Browne]] as himself
* [[Rahnee Motie]] as herself
* [[Peter Sellers]]
* [[Michael Bentine]]
* Antonio
* [[Frances Day]]
* [[Claude Dampier]]
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== Critical reception ==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "This extravaganza is so chaotic and inconsequential in construction and presentation that it is almost surrealist, with Jack Jackson and his son Malcolm clowning around rather abysmally in between presenting clips from old films (to introduce Charlie Kunz and Frances Day, for example), cabaret artistes (including an Indian female fire-eater), and a handful of crooners and rock'n'rollers, concluding with a "beat" session. Fans of Jack Jackson's style of radio disc-jockeying may find his fooling and patter to their taste, but the humour is decidedly poverty-stricken – for example, "What's this fly doing in my drink?" . . . "The breast stroke, by the look of it!" The sole redeeming feature is a guest appearance by Peter Sellers in an all too brief sketch, parodying the American military."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1960 |title=Climb Up the Wall |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305827226 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=27 |issue=312 |pages=68 |id={{ProQuest|1305827226}} |via=ProQuest}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.


==External links==
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Latest revision as of 02:59, 30 September 2024

Climb Up the Wall
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Winner
Written byJack Jackson
Michael Winner
Produced byOlive Negus-Fancey
Starring
CinematographyRichard Bailey
Alfred Burger
Edited byPeter Austen-Hunt
Production
company
Border Film Productions
Distributed byNew Realm Pictures
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Climb Up the Wall is a 1960 British second feature[1] comedy and musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Jack Jackson, Glen Mason and Russ Conway.[2][3] It was written by Winner and Jackson, and features uncredited appearances by Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine.

Plot

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Cast

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Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This extravaganza is so chaotic and inconsequential in construction and presentation that it is almost surrealist, with Jack Jackson and his son Malcolm clowning around rather abysmally in between presenting clips from old films (to introduce Charlie Kunz and Frances Day, for example), cabaret artistes (including an Indian female fire-eater), and a handful of crooners and rock'n'rollers, concluding with a "beat" session. Fans of Jack Jackson's style of radio disc-jockeying may find his fooling and patter to their taste, but the humour is decidedly poverty-stricken – for example, "What's this fly doing in my drink?" . . . "The breast stroke, by the look of it!" The sole redeeming feature is a guest appearance by Peter Sellers in an all too brief sketch, parodying the American military."[4]

References

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  1. ^ Chibnall, Steve; McFarlane, Brian (2009). The British 'B' Film. London: BFI/Bloomsbury. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-8445-7319-6.
  2. ^ "Climb Up the Wall". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ Chibnall & McFarlane p.59
  4. ^ "Climb Up the Wall". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 (312): 68. 1 January 1960. ProQuest 1305827226 – via ProQuest.
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