''Climb Up the Wall'' is a 1960 British

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and

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

directed by Michael Winner and starring Jack Jackson,

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and

Russ Conway Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two number one ...

.Chibnall & McFarlane p.59 It features uncredited appearances by Peter Sellers and

Harry Secombe Sir Harold Donald Secombe (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor, singer and television presenter. Secombe was a member of the British radio comedy programme ''The Goon Show'' (1951–1960), playing many characters, m ...

Plot

Cast

* Jack Jackson as himself *

as himself *

as himself * Craig Douglas as himself *

Mike Preston Michael Preston (born Jack Davies; 14 May 1938) is an English international film and television actor, and singer, sometimes credited as Mike Preston. Life and career Preston was born in Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, Hackney, London, Engla ...

as himself *

Cherry Wainer Cherry Wainer (March 2, 1935 – November 14, 2014) was a South African-born musician, best known as a member of Lord Rockingham's XI and a soloist on the Hammond organ. Biography Wainer was born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, the d ...

as herself *

Libby Morris Libby Morris (born 1930) is a Canadian clown and actress. She appeared in several BBC radio shows of the 1950s and moved into TV and film from the 1960s onwards. She then moved on to London, England, where she starred in her own show doing imperso ...

as herself * Malcolm Jackson as himself * Tommy Yeardye as himself * Don Storer as himself * Neville Taylor as himself * Aleta Morrison as herself * George 'Calypso' Browne as himself * Rahnee Motie as herself

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1960 films British musical comedy films 1960 musical comedy films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Michael Winner Films with screenplays by Michael Winner 1960s British films {{musical-comedy-film-stub