Up the Creek – 1958

Exclusive Films Presents A Byron Film Production
RCA Sound Recording
Made at the New Elstree Studios
Photographed in Hammerscope
Black & White 80 mins

Storyline

During the Cold War, an idiotic R.N. lieutenant, who cannot be fired due to his connections, is transferred from the Admiralty to the far away Mothball Fleet to a rusty destroyer whose crew is running an illegal money-making scheme.

Crew


Function	Name	Age at Release	Birth	Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info					Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Ward Richards	53	22 Mar 1905	1967	61	1		1
Art Director	Elven Webb	47	29 Aug 1910	Sep 1979	69	1		1
Ast. Director	John Peverall	27	1 Jan 1931	3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	40	13 Nov 1917	17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Continuity	Gladys Reeve					1		1
Director	Val Guest	46	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	29		29
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	43	1915	1972	56	30		30
Editor	Helen Wiggins					1		1
Make-up	Alec Garfath	42	17 Jun 1915	1971	55	2		2
Music Composer	Tony Lowery	70	5 Mar 1888	29 Feb 1976	87	1		1
Musical Director	Tony Fones	38	19 Oct 1919	30 Oct 1997	78	1		1
Original Story and Screenplay	Val Guest	46	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	29		29
Original Story and Screenplay	Len Heath	31	19 Mar 1927	28 Jul 2017	90	2		2
Original Story and Screenplay	John Warren	41	13 Nov 1916	1 Jan 1977	60	4	1	5
Producer	Henry Halsted	51	1 Jan 1907	10 Mar 1970	63	4		4
Production Supervisor	Fred A Swann					1		1
Sound Supervisor	George Adams					1		1
Uncredited
Third Ast. Director	Ted Morley	24	1934	2004	69	3	1	4

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Admiral Foley	Wilfred Hyde-White	55	12 May 1903		6 May 1991	87	1		1
Bates	Sam Kydd	43	15 Feb 1915		26 Mar 1982	67	7		7
Bennett	Edwin Richfield	36	11 Sep 1921		2 Aug 1990	68	10		10
Bosun	Peter Sellers	32	8 Sep 1925		24 Jul 1980	54	1		1
Bunts	Howard Williams	26	10 May 1932	10.05.1932		90	3	2	5
Captain Coombs	Basil Dignam	52	24 Oct 1905		31 Jan 1979	73	3	2	5
Cheif Petty Officer	Larry Noble	43	13 Dec 1914		9 Sep 1993	78	3		3
Chippie	Peter Collingwood	38	6 May 1920		23 Sep 2016	96	2		2
Commander	Patrick Cargill	39	3 Jun 1918		23 May 1996	77	1		1
Commanfer Price	Peter Coke	45	6 Apr 1913		30 Jul 2008	95	1		1
Cooky	John Warren	41	13 Nov 1916		1977	60	4	1	5
Decorator	Michael Ripper	45	27 Jan 1913		28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Farm Labourer	Donald Bisset	47	3 Aug 1910		10 Aug 1995	85	2		2
Flag Lt.	Tom Gill	41	26 Jul 1916		22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Lieutenant	Peter Wayne						1		1
Lily	Vera Day	22	4 Aug 1935	04.08.1935		87	4		4
Lofty	Max Butterfield	26	10 Jun 1931		1991	59	2	1	3
Lt. Commander	Hugh Latimer	45	12 May 1913		12 Jun 2006	93	3		3
Lt. Fairweather	David Tomlinson	41	7 May 1917		24 Jun 2000	83	2		2
Nelson	Michael Goodliffe	43	1 Oct 1914		20 Mar 1976	61	5		5
Perkins	Lionel Murton	43	2 Jun 1915		26 Sep 2006	91	3		3
Policeman	Leonard Fenton	32	29 Apr 1926		29 Jan 2022	95	2		2
Publican	Reginald Beckwith	49	2 Nov 1908		26 Jun 1965	56	6		6
Regulating Petty Officer	Jack McNaughton	52	22 Dec 1905		22 Feb 1990	84	2	1	3
Scouse	David Lodge	36	19 Aug 1921		18 Oct 2003	82	10		10
Small Boy	Malcolm Ranson	11	1 Jan 1947		12 Mar 2022	75	1		1
Station Master	Frank Pentingell	67	1 Jan 1891		17 Feb 1966	75	1		1
Steady Barker	Lionel Jeffries	31	10 Jun 1926		19 Feb 2010	83	5		5
Susanne	Lillian Sottane	24	1 Jan 1934		12 Jun 2015	81	2		2
Webster	Barry Lowe	33	1 Jan 1925		12 Dec 2011	86	6	2	8
Uncredited
Bakers Shop Proprietor	Lindsay Hooper							9	9
With	Hazel Sutton							2	2

Production


FILMING BEGAN	11 November 1957
UK RELEASE	2 June 1958
STUDIO	Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England
LOCATION	Thomas Ward Ship Breakers, Greys, Essex, England	Scenes of moored destroyer

Footnotes

Although filmed in Hammerscope and released by Exclusive, this film was purely a Byron Film production and not a co-production with Hammer, as is the case with the sequel “Further up the Creek”, also 1958.

The warship seen in the film was the ‘Berkeley Castle’, an ex Castle Class Corvette of the Royal Navy.

This was popular comedian and “Goon” Peter Sellers first starring role.

David Tomlinson went on to appear in Disney classice “Mary Poppins” (1964), “The Love Bug” (1968) and “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” (1971).His final acting appearance was in The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), which was also the final film of Peter Sellers.

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