Up in the World (1956)
I have a feeling of being so up in the world!
Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand
- Date of release
- 1956-12-06
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- John Paddy Carstairs
Casting
- Norman Wisdom — Norman
- Maureen Swanson — Jeannie Andrews
- Jerry Desmonde — Major Willoughby
- Michael Caridia — Sir Reginald Banderville
- Colin Gordon — Fletcher Hethrington
- Ambrosine Phillpotts — Lady Sybil Banderville
- Michael Ward — Maurice
- Jill Dixon — Sylvia
- Edwin Styles — The Great de Milo
- Hy Hazell — Yvonne
- William Lucas — Mick Bellman
- Lionel Jeffries — Wilson
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Up in the World is a 1956 black and white comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Maureen Swanson and Jerry Desmonde. It was written by Jack Davies, Henty Blyth and Peter Blackmore, and produced by Rank.
Production
Female lead Maureen Swanson was under contract to Rank at the time.
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