Story of movie Bottoms Up 1960 Film :
Bottoms Up is a 1960 British comedy film.
| Bottoms Up | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mario Zampi |
| Produced by | Giulio Zampi Mario Zampi |
| Written by | Michael Pertwee Frank Muir Denis Norden |
| Starring | Jimmy Edwards Arthur Howard Martita Hunt Sydney Tafler |
| Music by | Stanley Black |
| Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
Production company | Transocean |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.
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.
Screenplay
- 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
- TV Guide called the film an "inane slapstick comedy set in an English boarding school...Forced humor from a slapdash script and direction."
- Allmovie wrote, "producer/director Mario Zampi knows where the laughs are and knows how to get them in full measure."
- Sky movies wrote, "it could have been a lot funnier, but, even so, it's a useful record of Edwards in his element."
- Bottoms Up on IMDb
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