Climb Up the Wall

1960
1h 5m

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Musical and variety show introduced by Jack Jackson.Musical and variety show introduced by Jack Jackson.Musical and variety show introduced by Jack Jackson.

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4.0/10

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Jack Jackson

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Glen Mason

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Russ Conway

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Craig Douglas

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Michael Preston

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(as Mike Preston)

Cherry Wainer

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Libby Morris

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Malcolm Jackson

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Tommy Yeardye

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Don Storer

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Neville Taylor

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Aleta Morrison

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George 'Calypso' Browne

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(as George Brown)

Rahnee Motie

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(as Rhanee Motee)

Michael Bentine

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(archive footage)
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Claude Dampier

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Frances Day

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(archive footage)
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Zoreen Ismail

Woman watching calypso band
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Director
- Michael Winner
Writers
- Michael Winner
- Jack Jackson
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Trivia
Billy Wright, the famous Wolverhampton Wanderers and England football player, is described as "Mr Beverley". That is a humorous reference to the fact that he was married to Joy Beverley, one of The Beverley Sisters. The Beverley Sisters trio was a very popular singing act in the 1950s and 1960s.

Goofs
After Malcolm and Jack Jackson leave the restaurant (after the football explanation) they both get into the Bentley in dinner suits where there is a van parked on the right hand side of the road . When they exit the car, the van has changed into a car.

Quotes
Libby Morris: I'm looking for someone with a little authority.
Glen Mason: Well I've got a little as anyone.

Connections
Featured in Talkies: Talking Pictures with Craig Douglas (2019)

Soundtracks
Frankie and Johnny
sung by George 'Calypso' Browne

Some Good Music, Lots Of Jokes

Jack Jackson invents a machine that allows him to show whatever he wants. The rest of the movie is a series of songs by then-popular entertainers, night club acts, and Jackson and Glen Mason indulging in a mix of corny jokes and surreal gags.

It's a very early movie directed by Michael Winner, and I enjoyed it, not just for Michael Bentine, Peter Sellers, and Harry Secombe appearing in clips, but for the music itself, which seems to feature very strong beats in pleasant contemporary pop music. It's one of several British movies made in the period which paired slight stories and contemporary acts, but Winner and Jackson, who are credited as writers, abandoned the pretense, and I think it works better than most.