When a young man marries the bosses daughter, the young couple must now do the company entertaining. But it isn't easy getting good help, as they go through a procession of strange and stranger servants.
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Title: Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Michael Craig | ... | Richard Barry | |
| Anne Heywood | ... | Mrs. Kate Barry | |
| Mylène Demongeot | ... | Ingrid (as Myléne Demongeot) | |
| James Robertson Justice | ... | Mansfield | |
| Claudia Cardinale | ... | Maria | |
| Sidney James | ... | P.C. Edwards | |
| Joan Hickson | ... | Rosemary | |
| Joan Sims | ... | Blodwen | |
| Joseph Tomelty | ... | Arthur Farringdon | |
| Nora Nicholson | ... | Edith Farringdon | |
| Daniel Massey | ... | Wesley Cotes | |
| Austin Willis | ... | McGuffey | |
| Margalo Gillmore | ... | Mrs. McGuffey | |
| Reginald Beckwith | ... | Parson | |
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Cyril Chamberlain | ... | Guard |
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On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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antonyms in title | husband wife relationship | servant | based on novel |Taglines:
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Mrs. McGuffey: Now, Alvin, you must admit that they are fun.
McGuffey: I am talking about religion, Ellen. And that has nothing to do with fun.
Mrs. McGuffey: [apologetically] Yes, you are so right, Alvin.
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Joan Hickson plays her part as Grayson Perry. See more »Quotes
McGuffey: [dinner table conversation about church activity] Actually I have been to Los Angeles once, and that only for a few days on business. Well, Hollywood in the west and New York in the east are just not typical.Mrs. McGuffey: Now, Alvin, you must admit that they are fun.
McGuffey: I am talking about religion, Ellen. And that has nothing to do with fun.
Mrs. McGuffey: [apologetically] Yes, you are so right, Alvin.
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2 November 1959 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
Upstairs and Downstairs See more »Filming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UKCompany Credits
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When a young couple marry, the father of the bride hires a maid to look after them. Proving completely unsuitable, the couple embark on a series of hilarious attempts to find a replacement.
A curious film this, rather subversive (for 1959), episodic in feel and strangely (but effectively) mixing farce with poignancy. The leads are attractive, but the show is repeatedly stolen by a brilliant supporting cast. From Hickson's hysterically funny turn as the inebriated, dog-owning housekeeper Rosemary (her drunken ascending of the stairs is a delight) to Demongeot's joyously natural performance as Ingrid, the entire production is hugely entertaining and barking mad!