One More Time (1970)

Director:

Jerry Lewis

Writer:

Michael Pertwee (screenplay)

Release Date:

May 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Never before were they together again for the second time!

Plot Keywords:

Second Part | Sequel | Number In Title

Cast

Sammy Davis Jr.	...	Charles Salt
Peter Lawford	...	Christopher Pepper
John Wood	...	Figg
Dudley Sutton	...	Wilson
Maggie Wright	...	Miss Tomkins
Ester Anderson	...	Billie (as Esther Anderson)
Percy Herbert	...	Mander
Anthony Nicholls	...	Candler
Allan Cuthbertson	...	Belton
Edward Evans	...	Gordon
Sydney Arnold	...	Tombs
Leslie Sands	...	Inspector Grock
Moultrie Kelsall	...	Minister
Glyn Owen	...	Dennis
Lucille Soong	...	Kim Lee
Cyril Luckham	...	Magistrate
Bill Maynard	...	Jenson
David Trevena	...	Gene Abernathy
Norman Mitchell	...	Sergeant Smith
Richard Goolden	...	9th Local
Joanna Wake	...	Claire Turpington-Mellish
Julian D'Albie	...	Lord Turpington-Mellish
Gladys Spencer	...	Lady Turpington-Mellish
Geoffrey Morris	...	Police Doctor
Norman Pitt	...	1st Country Gentleman
George McGrath	...	2nd Country Gentleman
Mischa De La Motte	...	Maitre D' (as Mischa de la Motte)
Walter Horsbrugh	...	Clerk of the Court
John Nettles	...	Dixon
Peter Reeves	...	Policeman
Juliette Bora	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
Florence George	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
Lorraine Hall	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
Thelma Neal	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
Amber Dean Smith	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
Carmel Stratton	...	Salt and Pepper Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Carey Jr.	...	(uncredited)
George Chandler	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Peter Cushing	...	Dr. Frankenstein (uncredited)
Christopher Lee	...	Dracula (uncredited)
Jerry Lewis	...	Bandleader (voice) (uncredited)
Richard Loo	...	(uncredited)
Nosher Powell	...	Man (uncredited)

Directed by
Jerry Lewis

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Pertwee		screenplay

Produced by
Milton Ebbins	....	producer
Sammy Davis Jr.	....	executive producer (uncredited)
Peter Lawford	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Les Reed

Cinematography by
Ernest Steward		(director of photography) (as Ernest W. Steward)

Film Editing by
Bill Butler

Casting by
Irene Howard		(uncredited)

Production Design by
Jack Stevens

Makeup Department
George Frost	....	makeup artist
Alice Holmes	....	hairdresser
Hugh Richards	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Frank Ernst	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Bracknell	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dimity Collins	....	set dresser
Kenneth Ryan	....	assistant art director (as Ken Ryan)

Sound Department
Brian Blamey	....	sound editor
Gerry Humphreys	....	sound mixer
Gerry Turner	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Terry Witherington	....	special effects

Stunts
Frank Maher	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
James Bawden	....	camera operator (as Jimmy Bawden)
Ronnie Maasz	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Blanche Bray	....	wardrobe mistress
Barry Certo	....	wardrobe: Mr. Davis
Sy Devore	....	wardrobe: Mr. Davis
Douglas Hayward	....	wardrobe: Mr. Lawford (as Doug Hayward)
Ken Layton	....	wardrobe master
Nat Wise	....	wardrobe: Mr. Davis

Music Department
Les Reed	....	conductor
Lawrence Ashmore	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Julia Barnett	....	assistant to producer
Betty Harley	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Chrislaw Productions
• Trace-Mark Productions

Distributors

• United Artists (1970) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• United Artists Corporation (1970) (UK) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for language, some violence and sensuality (2004 re-rating)

Runtime:

USA:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

UK:A | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | USA:PG (2004 re-rating) | USA:GP (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Eastnor Castle, Eastnor, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK

Company:

Chrislaw Productions

Trivia:

The only Cushing-Lee film in which neither receives billing on screen.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook (1991)

Soundtrack:

When the Feeling Hits You

Sammy IS Jerry!

Even if you don't like the earlier film, "Salt and Pepper," you have to admit that it is a paragon of structure and traditional storytelling compared its sequel, "One More Time." That's not to say that the second Davis Jr/Lawford team up isn't enjoyable--it is just bizarrely different from the original. "Salt and Pepper," directed by Richard Donner--veteran director of some of the Sixties' best TV series, and later of the classic action/comedies in the Lethal Weapon and Superman series of films--was a light and breezy "Rat Pack" action/comedy. It was wholly conventional for its time. But when it came time for the sequel, the producers apparently decided that the success of the first film was due more to the comedy elements than the thriller elements. With that in mind they made the obvious choice for their new director—Jerry Lewis. The singular Lewis had never directed a film starring anyone else but himself, so I'm not sure what the producers expected would happen. Well, the result was that Jerry didn't just add a few comic touches to the already proved formula. He took the thing over entirely and made "One More Time" a pure 100% Jerry Lewis film, with all that means for good and bad. If you're familiar with Lewis' film-making, you know that his films are very light on plot (ranging from hardly any as in "Cinderfella" to none at all as in "The Bellboy" and "Hardly Working.") and very heavy on surreal jokes, visual gags and his own patented mugging and clowning. Well, the plot of "One More Time" is this: Lawford impersonates his rich brother, who is mysteriously murdered, and Davis Jr. doesn't figure it out until near the end. That's about it. The film is 90 minutes long and at least an hour of that is just Sammy Davis Jr. doing a spot on Lewis imitation in a series of increasingly strange and barely connected (but often funny) vignettes as he rambles about in Lawford's ill-gotten English manor. If you go into this film expecting anything different (as the audiences in 1970 did) then you're going to be sorely disappointed (as the audiences in 1970 were). But if you go in expecting a Jerry Lewis film—you get a pretty good one!