High Jinks in Society
1949 British film by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill
- December 1949 (1949-12) (UK)
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High Jinks in Society is a 1949 British comedy film directed by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill and starring Ben Wrigley, Barbara Shaw, Basil Appleby, Peter Gawthorne and Moore Marriott.[1]
Plot
After foiling a robbery, a window cleaner is hired by an aristocrat to protect their valuables – with comic results.
Cast
- Ben Wrigley as Ben
- Barbara Shaw as Angela
- Moore Marriott as Grandpa
- Basil Appleby as Hector
- Netta Westcott as Lady Barr-Nunn
- Michael Ward as Watkins
- Peter Gawthorne as Jenkins
Production
It was an early film credit for John Guillermin.[2][3]
References
- ^ "High Jinks in Society". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
- ^ Pratt, Vic; Lees, Kate (2020). "CHAPTER 3 EARLY DAYS WITH ADELPHI FILMS". In Guillermin, Mary (ed.). John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies. Precocity Press. pp. 32–33.
External links
- High Jinks in Society at IMDb
- Hijinks in Society at BFI
- Hijinks in Society at Letterbox DVD
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Films directed by John Guillermin
- High Jinks in Society (1949)
- Torment (1950)
- Smart Alec (1951)
- Two on the Tiles (1951)
- Four Days (1951)
- Song of Paris (1952)
- Miss Robin Hood (1952)
- Operation Diplomat (1953)
- Strange Stories (1953)
- Adventure in the Hopfields (1954)
- The Crowded Day (1954)
- Thunderstorm (1956)
- Town on Trial (1957)
- The Whole Truth (1958)
- I Was Monty's Double (1958)
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
- The Day They Robbed the Bank of England (1960)
- Never Let Go (1960)
- Waltz of the Toreadors (1962)
- Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
- Guns at Batasi (1964)
- Rapture (1965)
- The Blue Max (1966)
- P.J. (1968)
- House of Cards (1968)
- The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
- El Condor (1970)
- Skyjacked (1972)
- Shaft in Africa (1973)
- The Towering Inferno (1974)
- King Kong (1976)
- Death on the Nile (1978)
- Crossover (1980)
- Sheena (1984)
- King Kong Lives (1986)
- The Tracker (1988)
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