Further Up the Creek

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!

Trailer by The Hammer Graveyard

Production Details

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
Black & White 91 mins

Filming dates: 27th May – 16th July 1958
UK Release: 20th October 1958

Filming:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire – Studio
Portland Harbour , Dorset – Bosun talks with the dispatch rider
Cheapside Road, Ascot, Berkshire – Bosun and dispatch rider help the postman unload mailbags
Station Parade, Virginia Water, Surrey – Westport East train station

Stills from film

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Cast & Crew

Cast – Complete, awaiting verification

CREW	NAME	CREDITED	AGE AT RELEASE	BIRTH	DEATH	AGE	CREDITS	UNCREDITED	TOTAL HAMMER
Art Director	George Provis	Yes	50	1908	1989	81	2		2
Assistant Director	John Peverall	Yes	27	1931	3 Oct 2009	78	21		21
Assistant Editor	Gordon Davie	No	29	20 Mar 1929	9 Sep 2001	72		1	1
Camera Operator	Len Harris	Yes	42	19 May 1916	21 Feb 1995	78	63	2	65
Continuity	Doreen Dearnaley	Yes	29	20 Nov 1928	3 Feb 1992	63	13		13
Director	Val Guest	Yes	46	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	30		30
Editor	Bill Lenny	Yes	30	1928	2002	74	10	4	14
Focus Puller	Harry Oakes	No	37	16 Jan 1921	11 Dec 2012	91	3	56	59
Hairdresser	Marjorie Whittle	Yes			21 Jul 2007		1		1
Make-up	Phil Leakey	Yes	50	4 May 1908	26 Nov 1992	84	50		50
Music	Stanley Black	Yes	45	14 Jun 1913	26 Nov 2002	89	5		5
Photography	Gerald Gibbs	Yes	50	7 Nov 1907	23 Jan 1990	82	3		3
Producer	Henry Halsted	Yes	51	1907	10 Mar 1970	63	6		6
Production Manager	Patrick Marsden	Yes	33	1925	1971	46	1		1
Production Supervisor	Fred A Swann	Yes					2		2
Sound Editor	David Elliott	Yes	27	7 May 1931	10 Nov 2023	92	1		1
Sound Recordist	Jock May	Yes	53	1905	8 Jan 1991	86	31	1	32
Technical Advisor	Commander Peter Peake RN	Yes					1		1
Third Assistant Director	Hugh Harlow	No	19	17 Jun 1939		86	6	34	40
Wardrobe	Molly Arbuthnot	Yes	49	19 Dec 1908	31 Oct 2001	92	48	5	53
Written	Val Guest	Yes	46	11 Dec 1911	10 May 2006	94	30		30
Written	John Warren	Yes	41	13 Nov 1916	1977	60	6	2	8
Written	Len Heath	Yes	31	19 Mar 1927	28 Jul 2017	90	2		2
CAST
Admiral	John Stuart	Yes	60	18 Jul 1898	17 Oct 1979	81	8	1	9
Algeroccan Officer	George Herbert	No						1	1
Algerroccan Major	Wolfe Morris	Yes	33	5 Jan 1925	21 Jul 1996	71	5		5
Barker	Lionel Jeffries	Yes	32	10 Jun 1926	19 Feb 2010	83	5		5
Bates	Sam Kydd	Yes	43	15 Feb 1915	26 Mar 1982	67	7		7
Bennett	Edwin Richfield	Yes	37	11 Sep 1921	2 Aug 1990	68	10		10
Bosun Dibble	Frankie Howerd	Yes	41	6 Mar 1917	19 Apr 1992	75	2		2
Bunts	Howard Williams	Yes	26	10 May 1932		93	3	2	5
Chief Wren	Judith Furse	Yes	46	3 Mar 1912	29 Aug 1974	62	2		2
Chief Yeoman	Desmond Llewelyn	No	44	12 Sep 1914	19 Dec 1999	85	2	2	4
Chippy	Peter Collingwood	Yes	38	6 May 1920	23 Sep 2016	96	2		2
Cleo	Katherine Byrne	Yes					1		1
Consul	Walter Hudd	Yes	61	20 Feb 1897	20 Jan 1963	65	1		1
Cooky	John Warren	Yes	41	13 Nov 1916	1977	60	6	2	8
Despatch Rider	John Singer	Yes	34	4 Dec 1923	7 Jul 1987	63	2		2
Eadie Lovelace	Amy Dalby	Yes	70	3 Jan 1888	10 Mar 1969	81	1	1	2
El Diablo	Charles Lloyd-Pack	Yes	56	10 Oct 1902	22 Dec 1983	81	8		8
Fairweather	David Tomlinson	Yes	41	7 May 1917	24 Jun 2000	83	2		2
First Lieutenant	Patrick Holt	No	46	31 Jan 1912	12 Oct 1993	81	3	1	4
Flagship Commander	Basil Dignam	Yes	52	24 Oct 1905	31 Jan 1979	73	3	1	4
Jane	Shirley Eaton	Yes	21	12 Jan 1937		88	2		2
Kentonie Brother	Jack Le White	Yes	46	4 Jan 1912	21 Dec 1999	87	1		1
Kentonie Brother	Max Day	Yes					1		1
Lofty	Ian Whittaker	Yes	30	18 Jul 1928	16 Oct 2022	94	5		5
Lt. Commander Blakeney	Michael Goodliffe	Yes	44	1 Oct 1914	20 Mar 1976	61	6		6
Maudie Lovelace	Esma Cannon	Yes	52	27 Dec 1905	18 Oct 1972	66	1		1
Monsieur Phillipe	Tom Gill	Yes	42	26 Jul 1916	22 Jul 1971	54	4	1	5
Mrs Galloway	Thora Hird	Yes	47	28 May 1911	15 Mar 2003	91	4		4
Perkins	Lionel Murton	Yes	43	2 Jun 1915	26 Sep 2006	91	3		3
Policeman	Victor Brooks	No	39	11 Nov 1918	19 Jan 2000	81	1	2	3
Porter	Stanley Unwin	Yes	47	7 Jun 1911	12 Jan 2002	90	1		1
Postman	Larry Noble	Yes	43	13 Dec 1914	9 Sep 1993	78	3		3
President	Eric Pohlmann	Yes	45	18 Jul 1913	25 Jul 1979	66	7		7
Scouse	David Lodge	Yes	37	19 Aug 1921	18 Oct 2003	82	10		10
Sea Scout	John Hall	Yes	15	22 Aug 1943	16 Feb 2000	56	1	2	3
Signalman	Jess Conrad	No	22	24 Feb 1936		89	1	1	2
Signalman	Cavan Malone	No	21	25 Nov 1936	8 Mar 1982	45		1	1
Taxi Driver	Joe Gibbons	No	41	30 Oct 1916	17 Apr 1967	50		1	1
Ticket Collector	Michael Ripper	Yes	45	27 Jan 1913	28 Jun 2000	87	34	2	36
Vicky	Mary Wilson	Yes					2		2
Webster	Harry Landis	Yes	31	25 Nov 1926	11 Sep 2022	95	1		1
Whacker Payne	Ballard Berkeley	Yes	54	6 Aug 1904	16 Jan 1988	83	2		2

Original Poster

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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.

1958 BBFC Cert. “U”

Production Details

Stills from film

Cast & Crew

Original Poster

Footnotes

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