Raising a Riot

Raising a Riot (1955)

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Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.

Date of release
1955-02-21
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Wendy Toye

Casting

Interesting facts

Raising a Riot is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser and Mandy Miller. It was written by Ian Dalrymple and Hugh Perceval based on the 1949 novel Raising a Riot by Alfred Toombs. A naval officer attempts to look after his three children in his wife's absence

Production

The film was based on a 1949 novel by American writer Alfred Toombs, based on Toombs' real life experience of having to look after his children after having been away from them at war for three years. The book was adapted into a stage play by Tom Taggart in 1952.

One of the children is an uncredited Caroline John, who would later play Liz Shaw in Doctor Who.

In June 1954, filming was about to start on The Alcock and Brown Story for Alexander Korda, to be directed by Ken Annakin, produced by Lord Brabourne and Ian Dalrymple and star Kenneth More and Denholm Elliott in the title roles. It would be made under Dalrymple's Wessex Films banner. However Korda then went bankrupt, resulting in the receivers being brought in and the Alcock and Brown movie being cancelled.

Toye called Dalrymple "the most fabulous film producer. He did everything in the world for me. And he really encouraged me and it was his idea for me to do Raising a Riot. And he asked me to show the story to Kenny More and see if I could get him to do it and I did. It was wonderful that he had such faith in me."

It was shot at Shepperton Studios near London with sets designed by the art director Joseph Bato.

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