Ferry Cross the Mersey (1965)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Jeremy Summers

Writers:

David Franden (writer)
Tony Warren (story)

Release Date:

10 May 1965 (Sweden)

Genre:

Musical

Tagline:

The Big Beat is Back With the Excitingest New Pacemaking Pack!

Plot:

Gerry and Fred Marsden, Les McGuire, and Les "Chad" Chadwick portray themselves in a romp through the early 1960's Liverpool Beat Scene...

Plot Keywords:

Rock Band | Battle Of The Bands

Cast

Gerry Marsden	...	Gerry
Freddie Marsden	...	Fred
Leslie Maguire	...	Les
Les Chadwick	...	Chad
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eric Barker	...	Col. Dawson
Cilla Black	...	Herself
The Black Knights	...	Themselves
The Blackwells	...	Themselves
George A. Cooper	...	Mr. Lumsden
Mischa De La Motte	...	Dawson's Butler
Earl Royce and The Olympics	...	Themselves
The Fourmost	...	Themselves
Donald Gee	...	Art Student
Gerry and the Pacemakers	...	Themselves
Deryck Guyler	...	Trasler
Andy Ho	...	Chinese Restaurant Manager
Patricia Lawrence	...	Miss Kneave
George Martin	...	Himself
T.P. McKenna	...	Hanson
Margaret Nolan	...	Norah
Earl Royce	...	Himself (as Earl Royce and the Olympics)
Julie Samuel	...	Dodie
Jimmy Savile	...	Himself
Bernard Sharpe	...	Art Student
Keith Smith	...	Dawson's Chauffeur
Mona Washbourne	...	Aunt Lil

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company:

Subafilms

Trivia:

The fight that broke out in the Locarno Ballroom wasn't scripted; it was a real fight, and the filmmakers kept it in the movie.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (2000) (TV)

As good as it gets

In this the first and last Gerry & the Pacemakers film you get the impression that Cilla Black is the biggest star of the day when Gerry informs his aunt he's reading her biog.So why is she at a talent contest-and singing a ballad as well when its supposed to be a Big Beat Contest. The trouble is the scriptwriters sometimes don't use logic or throw in contradictions. The music was the main thing though so it worked as a series of cameos. Being shot on location in Liverpool was a good idea It also seemed rather pointless to turn the run to the airport into a silent film from the 20s.Which is why this review loses 2 stars