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Summary
Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless property tycoon Hamilton Black.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 56GoodWatch 58
IMDb5.8
Audience score54%
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for comedies, +8 min on the typical 100
typical 100108Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 23 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+13Released
1961
December 19, 1961
65 years ago
Genres
ComedyMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
and 9 more17 people
- Cliff RichardNicholas 'Nicky' Black
- Robert MorleyHamilton Black
- Carole GrayToni
- JHJet HarrisSelf - The Shadows (bass guitar)
- Hank MarvinSelf - The Shadows (lead guitar)
- Bruce WelchSelf - The Shadows (rhythm guitar)
- Teddy GreenChris
- Richard O'SullivanErnest
- Melvyn HayesJimmy
- ARAnnette RobertsonBarbara
Robertson HareChauffeur- SCSonya CordeauDorinda Morell
- TMTony MeehanSelf - The Shadows (drums)
Sean SullivanEddie- HSHarold ScottDench
Gerald HarperWatts
Rita WebbWoman in Market
Directing · 2
- Sidney J. Furie Director
- Fred Slark Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Peter Myers Screenplay
- Ronald Cass Screenplay, Original Music Composer
Production · 3
- Kenneth Harper Producer
- Robert Lennard Casting Director
- John Wilcox Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Douglas Slocombe Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jack Slade Editor
Sound · 3
- Stanley Black Original Music Composer
- Len Shilton Sound Recordist
- A.W. Lumkin Recording Supervision
Art · 1
- John Howell Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Stuart Freeborn Makeup Artist
- Ivy Emmerton Hairstylist
- Rebecca Breed Wardrobe Master
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