Jumping for Joy
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Ribald music hall comedian Frankie Howerd stars in the British laughspinner Jumping for Joy. Set in the rarefied world of dog racing, the film stars Howerd as trackboy Willie, who is unceremoniously booted from his job. Teaming up with con artist Jack (Stanley Holloway), Willie decides to get even by raising his own greyhound racer. Unfortunately, the dog Willie and Jack purchase has one paw in the grave. As our heroes nurse the pooch back to health, they are forced to spend their spare time keeping a narcotics gang at bay. The delightful harmonica score in Jumping for Joy is provided by American expatriate Larry Adler. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Stanley Holloway - "Captain" Jack Montague
- A.E. Matthews - Lord Cranfield
- Tony Wright - Vincent
- Alfie Bass - Blagg
Credit
Joan Ellacott - Costume Designer, John Paddy Carstairs - Director, John Paddy - Director, John Guthridge - Editor, Larry Adler - Composer (Music Score), Jack Cox - Cinematographer, Raymond Stross - Producer, Jack Davies - Screenwriter, Henry E. Blyth - Screenwriter, Jack Davis - Screenwriter| Jumping Ship (2001 Film), Jumping Off Bridges (2006 Film) | |
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| Jumping for Joy | |
|---|---|
| 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]
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
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
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