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Upstairs and Downstairs
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Synopsis
A humorous, sometimes absurd and sometimes just light-hearted comedy, this story sets up the premise of a couple's search for a housemaid, with a series of impossible women providing the hilarity. When Richard and Kate (Michael Craig and Anne Heywood) return from their honeymoon, they discover that Kate's father has given them a maid as a wedding gift. The trouble is that the maid has a good portion of the U.S. Navy in the house when they arrive, in a more-or-less wild orgy. Exit maid. The couple then hire Rosemary (Joan Hickson) who tipples to excess, making her service at a dinner party an insurmountable challenge. Exit Rosemary. Enter Blodwen (Joan Sims) a homesick woman from Wales who cannot live outside her native environment. Exit Blodwen. And so it goes, even through a gorgeous French maid (Mylene Demongeot) who causes more than a mild uproar among the couple's friends. It seems the help is either too bad or too good. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Cast

Reginald Beckwith Parson
Jeremy Burnham Frank
Jean Cadell 1st Old Lady
Claudia Cardinale Maria
Cyril Chamberlain Guard
Michael Craig Richard Barry
Mylène Demongeot Ingrid Gunnar
Barbara Everest 2nd Old Lady
Margalo Gillmore Mrs. McGuffey
Irene Handl Large Woman
Anne Heywood Kate Barry
Joan Hickson Rosemary
Sidney James Police Constable Edwards
Dilys Laye Agency Girl
Daniel Massey Wesley Cotes
William Mervyn Kingsley
Nora Nicholson Mrs. Edith Farringdon
Nicholas Parsons Brian
Eric Pohlmann Mario
Madge Ryan Policewoman
Joan Sims Blodwen
Barbara Steele Mary
Joseph Tomelty Arthur Farringdon
Austin Willis McGuffey
Nicholas Phipps Harry
Betty Henderson Bridget

Production Crew

Ronald Scott Thorn Book Author
Ernest W. Steward Cinematographer
Philip Green Composer (Music Score)
Joan Ellacott Costume Designer
Ralph Thomas Director
Alfred Roome Editor
Betty E. Box Producer
Frank Harvey Jr. Screenwriter
Year: 1960
Runtime: 100
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy
Drama

Color type
De Luxe

Produced by
20th Century Fox
J. Arthur Rank Productions

Release
by 20th Century Fox