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Roommates ()

Raising the Wind (original title)
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In order to cut costs and conduct practice sessions, a group of students studying at an elite music school decide to stay together. Soon, one of them finds himself in trouble.
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Sir Benjamin Boyd
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Mervyn Hughes
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Malcolm Stewart
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Harold Chesney
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Miranda Kennaway
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Dr. Morgan Rutherford
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Jill Clemons
Jimmy Thompson ...
Alex Spendlove
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Sid
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Mrs. Deevens
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Sir John
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Janet
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Removal Man
Lance Percival ...
Harry
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Mrs. Bostwick
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Taxi Driver
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Mrs. Featherstone
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Concert Agent
Douglas Ives ...
Street Musician
Bernard Hunter ...
1st Flute
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Prof. Lumb
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Yorkshire Orchestra Leader
Cyril Chamberlain ...
L.A.M.A. Porter
Peter Byrne ...
1st Horn
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1st Viola
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Elderly Man at Concert
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Bass Trombone (Phil)
Henry Davies ...
Carpenter
Nigel Arkwright ...
4th Cellist
John Antrobus ...
Street Musician
Tom Clegg ...
Street Musician
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Prof. Gerald Abrahams
Terence Frisby ...
1st Trombone (as Terence Holland)
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Prof. Parkin
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Doris
Michael Nightingale ...
Invigilator
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Street Musician - Drummer
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Barman Mike
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wallace Bosco ...
Man at Concert (uncredited)
Frederick Kelsey ...
Man at Concert (uncredited)
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Street Musician (uncredited)
Horace Sequeira ...
Old Professor (uncredited)
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Messiah Vocalist (uncredited)
Charles Stanley ...
Removal Man (uncredited)
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Man in Pub (uncredited)
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Street Musician - Accordianist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gerald Thomas

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Bruce Montgomery ... (original story and screenplay)

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Peter Rogers ... producer

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Bruce Montgomery

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Alan Hume ... director of photography

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John Shirley

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Betty White

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Carmen Dillon

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Joan Ellacott

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George Blackler ... makeup artist
Biddy Chrystal ... hair stylist

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William Hill ... production manager (as Bill Hill)

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Jack Causey ... assistant director

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Bill Daniels ... sound recordist
Robert T. MacPhee ... sound recordist
Arthur Ridout ... sound editor
Harry Fairbairn ... boom operator (uncredited)

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Dudley Lovell ... camera operator

Music Department

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Bruce Montgomery ... musical director
Eric Rogers ... composer: title music (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Susan Dyson ... continuity (as Sue Dyson)

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Gerard Hoffnung ... title sketches
Crew believed to be complete

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  • Sinfonia of London (the producers acknowledge with grateful thanks the assistance given to them in the making of this film by)

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Plot Summary

A group of students at an elite music school decide to share a flat in order to cut their living costs and have somewhere to practice together. They get into quite a few scraps and adventures, including impersonating a celebrity quintet. However when Mervyn Hughes accidentally sells a catchy pop tune to an advertising agency he risks losing his scholarship unless he and his friends can raise the money to buy the rights back. Written by bob the moo

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Also Known As
  • Roommates (United States)
  • Carry on Fiddling (New Zealand, English title)
  • Quintett mit Harfe und Trompete (Germany)
  • Trut i trompeten, professor! (Denmark)
  • Irti maasta (Finland)
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  • 91 min
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Trivia The conductor's joke about the girl's harp sounding like skeletons making love on a tin roof is actually a paraphrase of a quip from famed British conductor Thomas Beecham, who described the sound of the harpsichord (NOT harp) as being like "skeletons copulating on a tin roof." See more »
Goofs When Mervyn (Leslie Phillips) writes his tune, he is drunk and the story about it gets sent to a music paper, gets printed and published and sent to the shops, and gets read all before his hangover from that time wears off. See more »
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Quotes Sir Benjamin Boyd: Madam, must you make that noise?
Jill Clemons: Yes, Sir Benjamin.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Is there some defect in your instrument?
Jill Clemons: Oh no, Sir Benjamin.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: It would appear to sound like two skeletons making love on a tin roof.
Jill Clemons: I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, I had an accident on the way here.
Taxi Driver: [arriving] I'll say she had an accident. Cost me a fare that has. And what I say is, what about my flippin' bumper?
Sir Benjamin Boyd: And who the devil may you be, sir?
Taxi Driver: I just want to exchange addresses with the young lady.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Although you might find it hard to believe, this is a concert hall and not a marriage bureau.
Jill Clemons: I'm sorry, Sir Benjamin, it's my fault. I backed into him.
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Madam, tacit if you please. And you sir, shut your cake hole. If you wish to interview the young lady, I must ask you to wait outside. And I may add that if her driving is on a par with her musicianship, you may think yourself extremely fortunate to be alive.
[to the orchestra]
Sir Benjamin Boyd: Now gentlemen, we shall take the final section. From bar 224 if you please.
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