Light Up the Sky!

Light Up the Sky! (1960)

Friends at the front line, tripping over each other to survive!

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

Date of release
1960-07-05
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, War, Romance
Director
Lewis Gilbert

Casting

Interesting facts

Light Up the Sky! is a 1960 British comedy drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele and Benny Hill. The film also features Dick Emery in a minor role.

Production

Light Up the Sky! was based on the play Touch It Light, which premiered in 1957. Producer and director Lewis Gilbert liked it and arranged for it to be filmed. "There have been countless films featuring heroic officers and I feel it is time the ordinary private is given his due," said Gilbert.

The film was developed by Eros Films but then that company decided not to make it after being taken over by Albert Broccoli and Irwin Allen. Gilbert instead arranged finance through Bryanston.

Light Up the Sky! was Tommy Steele's first dramatic role. Lionel Bart who wrote songs for Steele's first three films, wrote a song for this film called, "Touch It Light" which Steele performs with Hill.

Criterion Film Productions provided £22,500 of the budget and Tommy Steele deferred £7,500 of his fee.

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