Light Up the Sky! (film)

Light Up the Sky!
Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Produced by	Lewis Gilbert
Written by	Vernon Harris Play: Robert Storey
Starring	Ian Carmichael Tommy Steele Benny Hill Dick Emery
Music by	Douglas Gamley
Cinematography	John Wilcox
Edited by	Peter Tanner
Distributed by	Bryanston Films (UK) Continental Distributing (USA)
Release dates	4 December 1961 (Denmark)
Running time	90 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Light Up the Sky! is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele, Benny Hill and Dick Emery

Plot

This comedy is about a bumbling searchlight unit during World War II. Ensemble acting creates a series of intertwining stories that involve the various soldiers assigned to this post. Lt. Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) is the cheerful, inept officer in charge, then there is the womanizer whose concept of birth control is limited, the lovesick soldier unhappy over a misunderstanding with his girlfriend, the Cockney cook, the father-figure, and several others.^[1]

Cast

• Ian Carmichael as Lieutenant Ogleby
• Tommy Steele as Eric McGaffey
• Benny Hill as Syd McGaffey
• Sydney Tafler as Ted Green
• Victor Maddern as Lance Corporal Tomlinson
• Harry Locke as Roland Kenyon
• Johnny Briggs as Leslie Smith
• Cyril Smith as 'Spinner' Rice
• Dick Emery as Harry
• Cardew Robinson as Compere
• Susan Burnet as Jean
• Sheila Hancock as Theatre Act
• Fred Griffiths as Mr. Jennings

References

External links

• Light Up the Sky! at the Internet Movie Database
• Light Up the Sky! at AllMovie
• Light Up the Sky! at the TCM Movie Database