Raising the Wind

Raising the Wind (1961)

A laugh in every note!

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?

Date of release
1961-09-06
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Gerald Thomas

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

Raising the Wind is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser, Eric Barker and Sid James. The storyline, screenplay and musical score of the film were by Bruce Montgomery.

Production

The producers of the film credit the Sinfonia of London for their assistance.

The exterior of the music school is filmed at University College, London, which also doubled for St Swithin's hospital in several of the Doctor films.

The recital section of the film was based on anecdotes told to Bruce Montgomery by Eric Coates about the formation of the Celtic String Quartet, who performed only one concert, beset by disasters.

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