Up the Creek

Up the Creek (1958)

The greatest belly laugh of them all.

Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.

Date of release
1958-05-13
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Val Guest
Collection
Up The Creek Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Up the Creek is a 1958 British comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid Hyde-White, David Lodge and Lionel Jeffries. It was written by Guest, Len Heath and John Warren.

Production

The original script was written by two writers and was rewritten by Val Guest.

Much of the film was shot at Thomas Ward Ship Breakers, Grays, Essex. The ship, although referred to by a character in the film as a sloop, was ex-Castle-class corvette, HMS Berkeley Castle.

According to an interview with Val Guest (included on the DVD issue of the film), Up the Creek was the first starring film role for Sellers, at the time known only for radio, short television sketches and film supporting roles. Guest was only able to obtain his services by also including established comedy film star David Tomlinson.

A sequel Further Up the Creek was released later in the same year (1958), with Frankie Howerd replacing Peter Sellers.

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