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Wonderful to Be Young! (1961)

The Young Ones (original title)
Not Rated | | Comedy, Musical | 12 January 1962 (UK)
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Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless ... See full summary »

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Ronald Cass, Peter Myers

Stars:

Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Carole Gray | See full cast & crew »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Cliff Richard ... Nicholas 'Nicky' Black
Robert Morley ... Hamilton Black
Carole Gray ... Toni
Jet Harris Jet Harris ... Himself (bass guitar) (as The Shadows)
Hank B. Marvin Hank B. Marvin ... Himself (lead guitar (as The Shadows)
Tony Meehan Tony Meehan ... Himself (drums) (as The Shadows)
Bruce Welch Bruce Welch ... Himself (rhythm guitar) (as The Shadows)
Teddy Green Teddy Green ... Chris
Richard O'Sullivan ... Ernest
Melvyn Hayes ... Jimmy
Annette Robertson Annette Robertson ... Barbara
Robertson Hare ... Chauffeur
Sonya Cordeau ... Dorinda Morell
Sean Sullivan ... Eddie
Harold Scott ... Dench
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Storyline

Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless property tycoon Hamilton Black. To help raise the cash, Nicky records a song and his friends broadcast it via a pirate radio station, touting him as "The Mystery Singer" - the plan works and interest in their up and coming show is heightened by this new but unknown heart-throb. But Nicky has an even bigger secret and one that he cannot share, even with his girlfriend Toni. Written by Rhino <rhino@blueyonder.co.uk>

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Taglines:

Seventeen New and Wonderful! Wonderful! Songs See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Musical

Certificate:

Not Rated | See all certifications »

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 January 1962 (UK) See more »

Also Known As:

Wonderful to Be Young! See more »

Filming Locations:

ABPC Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK See more »

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Production Co:

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) See more »
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Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Carole Gray's singing voice is dubbed by Grazina Frame. See more »

Connections

Featured in Hollywood U.K.: Making It in London (1993) See more »

Soundtracks

Lessons in Love
Written by Shirley Wolf and Sy Soloway
Performed by Cliff Richard and Patti Brook
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Never look back..
29 December 2014 | by beresfordjd – See all my reviews

When I was a teenager in the early sixties I thought this film was one of the best I had ever seen. I made a point of seeing it whenever it came to the local cinema - I think I even bought the LP of the soundtrack. Fast forward to today and I am watching it now - terribly dated and cheesy in the extreme. Whoever thought of putting a pop singer who is possibly the worst mover with no real sense of rhythm in a dance movie needs their bumps reading. Mind you the movie was a huge success in the UK - don't know what the USA audience made of it. Cliff Richards' supporting cast are about as good as the can be , making Cliff look a lot better than he is/was. "Why don't we do the show right here" ("in this barn"was not needed here) is the tested and tried macguffin here and it works pretty well. At least it did when I was 13/14 and knew no better
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