Further Up the Creek – 1958

A Byron-Hammer film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII by Byron Film Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certilicate No. 19146
All characters and events depicted in this film are fictitious and any similatity to persons living or dead is coincidental
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Black & White 91 mins

Storyline

Naval comedy. When an old Navy warship is sold to the North African country of Algerrocco, the crew see a way of making some crafty money on the side by selling tickets for the ‘cruise’ out there. But then Lieutenant Fairweather is placed in command – and he is not in on the secret!

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	George Provis	50	1908		1989	81	2		2
Ast. Director	John Peverall	27	1 Jan 1931		3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Camera Operator	Len Harris	42	19 May 1916		21 Feb 1995	78	52	1	53
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	29	20 Nov 1928		3 Feb 1992	63	13		13
Director	Val Guest	46	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Editor	Bill Lenny	30	1928		2002	74	10	2	12
Hairdresser	Marjorie Whittle				21 Jul 2007		1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	50	4 May 1908		26 Nov 1992	84	48		48
Music	Stanley Black	45	14 Jun 1913		26 Nov 2002	89	5		5
Photog.	Gerald Gibbs	50	7 Nov 1907		23 Jan 1990	82	3		3
Producer	Henry Halsted	51	1 Jan 1907		10 Mar 1970	63	4		4
Production Manager	Patrick Marsden	33	1925		1971	45	1		1
Production Supervisor	Fred A Swann						1		1
Sound Editor	David Elliott	27	7 May 1931	07.05.1931		91	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	53	1 Jan 1905		8 Jan 1991	86	30	1	31
Technical Advisor	Commander Peter Peake RN						1		1
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	49	19 Dec 1908		31 Oct 2001	92	48	4	52
Written	Val Guest	46	11 Dec 1911		10 May 2006	94	29		29
Written	Len Heath	31	19 Mar 1927		28 Jul 2017	90	2		2
Written	John Warren	41	13 Nov 1916		1 Jan 1977	60	4	1	5
Uncredited
Ast. Editor	Gordon Davie	29	20 Mar 1929		9 Sep 2001	72		1	1
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	37	16 Jan 1921		11 Dec 2012	91		53	53

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Admiral	John Stuart	60	18 Jul 1898		17 Oct 1979	81	7	1	8
Algeroccan Major	Wolfe Morris	33	5 Jan 1925		21 Jul 1996	71	5		5
Barker	Lionel Jeffries	32	10 Jun 1926		19 Feb 2010	83	5		5
Bates	Sam Kydd	43	15 Feb 1915		26 Mar 1982	67	7		7
Bennett	Edwin Richfield	37	11 Sep 1921		2 Aug 1990	68	10		10
Bosun Dibble	Frankie Howerd	41	6 Mar 1917		19 Apr 1992	75	2		2
Bunts	Howard Williams	26	10 May 1932	10.05.1932		90	3	2	5
Chief Wren	Judith Furse	46	3 Mar 1912		29 Aug 1974	62	2		2
Chippy	Peter Collingwood	38	6 May 1920		23 Sep 2016	96	2		2
Cleo	Katherine Byrne						1		1
Consul	Walter Hudd	61	20 Feb 1897		20 Jan 1963	65	1		1
Cooky	John Warren	41	13 Nov 1916		1977	60	4	1	5
Despatch Rider	John Singer	34	4 Dec 1923		7 Jul 1987	63	2		2
Eadie Lovelace	Amy Dalby	70	1 Jan 1888		10 Mar 1969	81	1	1	2
El Diablo	Charles Lloyd-Pack	56	10 Oct 1902		22 Dec 1983	81	8		8
Fairweather	David Tomlinson	41	7 May 1917		24 Jun 2000	83	2		2
Flagship Commander	Basil Dignam	52	24 Oct 1905		31 Jan 1979	73	3	2	5
Jane	Shirley Eaton	21	12 Jan 1937	12.01.1937		86	2		2
Kentonie Brother	Jack Le White	46	4 Jan 1912		21 Dec 1999	87	1		1
Kentonie Brother	Max Day						1		1
Lofty	Ian Whittaker	30	1 Jan 1928		16 )ct 2022	94	5		5
Lt. Commander Blakeney	Michael Goodliffe	44	1 Oct 1914		20 Mar 1976	61	5		5
Maudie Lovelace	Esma Cannon	52	27 Dec 1905		18 Oct 1972	66	1		1
Monsieur Phillipe	Tom Gill	42	26 Jul 1916		22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Mrs Galloway	Thora Hird	47	28 May 1911		15 Mar 2003	91	4		4
Perkins	Lionel Murton	43	2 Jun 1915		26 Sep 2006	91	3		3
Porter	Stanley Unwin	47	7 Jun 1911		12 Jan 2002	90	1		1
Postman	Larry Noble	43	13 Dec 1914		9 Sep 1993	78	3		3
President	Eric Pohlmann	45	18 Jul 1913		25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Scouse	David Lodge	37	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10	1	11
Sea Scout	John Hall	15	22 Aug 1943		16 Feb 2000	56	1	2	3
Ticket Collector	Michael Ripper	45	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Vicky	Mary Wilson						2		2
Webster	Harry Landis	26	25 Nov 1931		11 Sep 2022	90	1		1
Whacker Payne	Ballard Berkeley	54	6 Aug 1904		16 Jan 1988	83	2		2
Uncredited
Algeroccan Officer	George Herbert							1	1
Chief Yeoman	Desmond Llewelyn	44	12 Sep 1914		19 Dec 1999	85	2	2	4
First Lieutenant	Patrick Holt	46	31 Jan 1912		12 Oct 1993	81	3	1	4
Policeman	Victor Brooks	39	11 Nov 1918		19 Jan 2000	81	1	2	3
Signalman	Cavan Malone	21	25 Nov 1936		8 Mar 1982	45		1	1
Signalman	Jess Conrad	22	24 Feb 1936	24.02.1936		87	1	1	2
Taxi Driver	Joe Gibbons	41	30 Oct 1916		17 Apr 1967	50		1	1

Production


FILMING BEGAN	19 May 1958
UK RELEASE	20 October 1958
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England

Footnotes

This film is the sequel to “Up the Creek” (also 1958), which, although filmed in Hammerscope and released by Exclusive, was purely a Byron Film production and not a co-production with Hammer, as is the case here.

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection