Rent Raising the Wind (1961)
3.1 of 5 from 66 ratings
1h 27min
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- Synopsis:
Before he went on to direct the entire series of the legendary Carry On films Gerald Thomas made Raising The Wind based on a script by famed film score composer Bruce Montgomery. It follows the zany hi-jinks of an outlandish group of wacky music students who decide to share an apartment together in order to cut costs. But the situation becomes less than idyllic when one of the students sells one of his compositions and risks losing out on his scholarship. Luckily one of the gang has a cunning plan... Raising The Wind is an incredibly witty and endearing college comedy populated by mad professors, deaf landladies, evil music publishers, absent-minded lecturers, battling students and manic conductors. - Actors:
- James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Paul Massie, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser, Eric Barker, Jennifer Jayne, Jimmy Thompson, Sidney James, Esma Cannon, Geoffrey Keen
- Directors:
- Gerald Thomas
- Producers:
- Peter Rogers
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Drama, Romance
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- Getting to Know..., People of the Pictures, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 3, Getting to Know: Sidney James, Introducing a British Film Family, Remembering Leslie Phillips, The Carry Ons: A Connoisseur's Guide, Part 1: On the Job, A Brief History of Film...
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Reviews (1) of Raising the Wind
Comedy in the music school - Raising the Wind review by AWwatchedthese
No previous reviews on this 1961 film to date so feel one's due....
Worth watching.
I got it out because wanted to see James Robertson Justice in action in a different role after some dreary "Doctor" films that weren't funny. This one has quite a few funny moments.
Extraordinarily it consists of multiple Carry On - cast members but playing completely different characters. Leslie Philips seems to dominate the scenes a lot and the plot revolves around him but it has Liz Fraser, Esma Cannon, Ambrosine Philpotts, Sid James (never knew he came from South Africa!!) & Kenneth Williams (but rather toned down). They're all students at a musical school and bulky, bearded JRJ manages hilariously to continue his Sir Lancelot Spratt gruffness as acerbic Sir Barry Boyd telling people off.
Give it a go.
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