What a Crazy World (1963)
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
- Date of release
- 1963-07-02
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Music
- Director
- Michael Carreras
Casting
- Joe Brown — Alf Hitchens
- Marty Wilde — Herbie
- Michael Goodman — Joey
- Susan Maughan — Marilyn
- Harry H. Corbett — Sam
- Avis Bunnage — Mary
- Michael Ripper — The Common Man
- Grazina Frame — Doris
- David Nott — Lenny
- Barry Bethel — Dave
- Alan Klein — Jervis
- Larry Dann — Chas
Interesting facts
What a Crazy World is a 1963 film directed by Michael Carreras, co-written by Carreras and Alan Klein and based on the latter's stage play. The pop musical features various late 1950s and early 1960s musical performers such as Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, and Susan Maughan, and also includes an appearance by Freddie and the Dreamers, with Klein playing a minor role as a comrade of Brown's and Wilde's characters. Michael Ripper appears in several cameo roles as a "common man" bemoaning the "bleeding kids" he encounters.
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