Idol on Parade (1959)
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
- Date of release
- 1959-03-24
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (7)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- John Gilling
Casting
- Anthony Newley — Jeep Jackson
- William Bendix — Sergeant Major Lush
- Anne Aubrey — Caroline
- Lionel Jeffries — Bertie
- Sidney James — Herbie
- David Lodge — Shorty
- Bernie Winters — Joseph Jackson
- Dilys Laye — Renee
- Harry Fowler — Ron
- Percy Herbert — Sergeant Hebrides
- William Kendall — Commanding Officer
- Norman Atkyns — Stage Manager
Interesting facts
Idol on Parade is a 1959 British comedy film directed by John Gilling and starring William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Sid James and Lionel Jeffries. The screenplay was by John Antrobus, based on the 1958 William Camp novel Idle on Parade which was inspired by Elvis Presley's conscription into the US Army. It was produced by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli for Warwick Films. Jeep Jackson serves his two years of compulsory National Service in the British military.
Production
The original novel, described by The Observer as "very funny", concerned an intellectual in the army, rather than a pop singer.
Anthony Newley had made several films for Warwick Productions but this was his first lead. Filming began on 10 November 1958 and took six weeks. It was the first time William Bendix had worked in England.
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