Keep It Up Downstairs
Encyclopedia
Keep It Up Downstairs is a 1976 British
comedy film
directed by Robert Young
and starring Diana Dors
, Jack Wild
and William Rushton
. The film depicts the adventures of the inhabitants of Cockshute Castle.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Robert Young
Robert Young (director)
Robert William Young is a British television and film director.Young was born in Cheltenham, and in the 1980s and early 1990s, established himself as a leading director of British TV drama. In the 1970s, he directed Vampire Circus and Hammer House of Horror...
and starring Diana Dors
Diana Dors
Diana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in Swindon,...
, Jack Wild
Jack Wild
Jack Wild was a British actor who is best remembered for his performances in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! with Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16 for the role of the...
and William Rushton
William Rushton
William Rushton may refer to:* W. A. H. Rushton British physiologist* Willie Rushton , British comedian...
. The film depicts the adventures of the inhabitants of Cockshute Castle.
Cast
- Diana DorsDiana DorsDiana Dors was an English actress, born Diana Mary Fluck in Swindon, Wiltshire. Considered the English equivalent of the blonde bombshells of Hollywood, Dors described herself as: "The only sex symbol Britain has produced since Lady Godiva."-Early life:Diana Mary Fluck was born in Swindon,...
... Daisy Dureneck - Jack WildJack WildJack Wild was a British actor who is best remembered for his performances in both stage and screen productions of the Lionel Bart musical Oliver! with Ron Moody, Shani Wallis, and Oliver Reed. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 16 for the role of the...
... Peregrine Cockshute - William RushtonWilliam RushtonWilliam Rushton may refer to:* W. A. H. Rushton British physiologist* Willie Rushton , British comedian...
... Snotty Shuttleworth - Aimi MacDonaldAimi MacDonaldAimi MacDonald is a British actress. She is best known for her role as "The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald in the television sketch comedy show At Last the 1948 Show ....
... Christabelle St. Clair - Françoise PascalFrancoise PascalFrançoise Pascal is an actress/model who was born to French Mauritian parents; Mauritius was then a colony of the United Kingdom. She is best known for her comedy role in the British sitcom Mind Your Language .-Career:...
... Mimi - Neil Hallett ... Percy Hampton
- Mark Singleton ... Lord Cockshute
- Julian OrchardJulian OrchardJulian Dean C. Orchard was an English comedy actor.-Biography:Orchard was educated at Shrewsbury School and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama...
... Bishop - Simon Brent ... Rogers
- Sue LonghurstSue LonghurstSue Longhurst is an English actress, most famous for appearing in several X-rated comedies in the 1970s.-Life and work:Born on 27 January 1943, Sue trained at the Royal Academy of Music, and was initially a music teacher, but was soon posing for magazines, record sleeves, book covers & TV...
... Lady Cockshute - John Blythe ... Francis Dureneck
- Carmen SilveraCarmen SilveraCarmen Blanche Silvera was a Canadian-born British comic actress of Spanish-Jewish descent who moved to Coventry with her family when she was a child...
... Lady Bottomley - Tony Kenyon ... Mellons
- Olivia Munday ... Lady Kitty Cockshute
- Seretta WilsonSeretta WilsonSeretta Wilson is a British television and film actor. Born in the USAShe has played parts in The Borgias and london Bridge.She played Sergeant Wilson's daughter in Dad's Army.- External links :*...
... Betsy-Ann Dureneck