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Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind

1961Movie⏱️ 1h 31mNot Rated
ComedyDramaMusicRomance
5.9
IMDB Rating
420 votes

In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.

Director
Gerald Thomas
Writers
N/A
Stars
James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie
Release Date
October 26, 1962
Language
English, German
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

James Robertson Justice
James Robertson Justice
as Sir Benjamin Boyd
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips
as Mervyn Hughes
Paul Massie
Paul Massie
as Malcolm Stewart
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Williams
as Harold Chesney
Liz Fraser
Liz Fraser
as Miranda Kennaway
Eric Barker
Eric Barker
as Dr. Morgan Rutherford
Jennifer Jayne
Jennifer Jayne
as Jill Clemons
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Jimmy Thompson
as Alex Spendlove
Sidney James
Sidney James
as Sid
Esma Cannon
Esma Cannon
as Mrs. Deevens

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Filming Location
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Production
Peter Rogers Productions

🏷️ Keywords

studentcollegeteacherlondon englandindependent film

🎯 Categories

ComedyDramaMusicRomance

⭐ Featured Review

A whimsical, beautifully composed comedy which rarely misses a beat!
by Weirdling_Wolf2021-08-17
9/10

"Mercurial film-making talent Gerald Thomas, the iconic 'Carry On' impresario directs an unexpectedly spry and witty 60s musical comedy which proved to the finest in his cinematic Laugh-Time! The breezy, bon-mottled script by gifted composer Bruce Montomery is an unexpectedly clever, effervescent delight, being no less brightly performed by a luminous cast of sterling film & TV favourites, including an especially colourful performance by the avuncular character actor James Robertson Justice who is on splendidly Stentorian form as the imperious Sir Benjamin Boyd, making the most of..."

💡 Did You Know?

The conductor's joke about the girl's harp sounding like skeletons making love on a tin roof is actually a paraphrase of a quip from famed British conductor Thomas Beecham, who described the sound of the harpsichord (NOT harp) as being like "skeletons copulating on a tin roof."

📖 Synopsis

In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.