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6.0/10   72 votes
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Director:
Val Guest
Writers:
Val Guest (writer)
Len Heath (writer)
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Release Date:
4 June 1959 (Australia) more
Genre:
Comedy
Tagline:
It Sails Up The Creek Without A Paddle...And Floats Across The Border Of Insanity Without A Passport!
Plot:
Liwut. Humphrey Fairweather, R.N. (David Tomlinson), in his latest disastrous attempt to prove to the... more | add synopsis
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Radio Star Coke Dead
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Minor British Comedy. more

Cast

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David Tomlinson ... Lt. Fairweather

Peter Sellers ... CPO Doherty
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Adm. Foley
Vera Day ... Lily
Liliane Sottane ... Susanne
Tom Gill ... Flag Lieutenant

Michael Goodliffe ... Nelson
Reginald Beckwith ... Publican
Lionel Murton ... Perkins
John Warren ... Cooky
Lionel Jeffries ... Steady Barker
Howard Williams ... Bunts
Peter Collingwood ... Chippie
Barry Lowe ... Webster
Edwin Richfield ... Bennett
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Additional Details

Runtime:
83 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:U

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Followed by Further Up the Creek (1958) more

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8 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Minor British Comedy., 30 August 2004
8/10
Author: david-697 from Stockton, England

One of a hoard of service comedies that hit the British cinema screens in the late '50's, early '60's, 'Up The Creek' is far from being the best or most memorable. Basically it is a cross between radio's 'The Navy Lark' and the later 'Watch Your Stern' , with a bit of 'Bilko' mixed in, as 'silly ass' David Tomlinson, a rocket mad navy officer, is given command of a navy vessel and forced to contend with the schemes of his Chief Petty Officer (Peter Sellers).

Sellers is perhaps the main reason for watching this movie and its fun to see him in this, his very first starring role. But, to be honest, it's probably his least memorable performance of this period, never reaching the heights of his work in 'The Naked Truth' or 'The Battle Of The Sexes' (to name just two).

A good supporting cast helps deliver the laughs, while the under-rated Val Guest directs efficiently. The movie is fun while it is on, but ultimately it is a bit anonymous (it could be any one of a number of similar movies) and fails to live on in the memory.

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