1960 film by Michael Winner
| Climb Up the Wall |
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 Theatrical release poster |
| Directed by | Michael Winner |
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| Written by | Jack Jackson
Michael Winner |
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| Produced by | Olive Negus-Fancey |
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| Starring | |
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| Cinematography | Richard Bailey
Alfred Burger |
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| Edited by | Peter Austen-Hunt |
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Production
company | Border Film Productions |
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| Distributed by | New Realm Pictures |
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Release date | 1960 |
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Running time | 65 minutes |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Language | English |
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Climb Up the Wall is a 1960 British second feature[1] comedy and musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Jack Jackson, Glen Mason and Russ Conway.[2][3] It features uncredited appearances by Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine.
Critical reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This extravaganza is so chaotic and inconsequential in construction and presentation that it is almost surrealist, with Jack Jackson and his son Malcolm clowning around rather abysmally in between presenting clips from old films (to introduce Charlie Kunz and Frances Day, for example), cabaret artistes (including an Indian female fire-eater), and a handful of crooners and rock'n'rollers, concluding with a "beat" session. Fans of Jack Jackson's style of radio disc-jockeying may find his fooling and patter to their taste, but the humour is decidedly poverty-stricken – for example, "What's this fly doing in my drink?" . . . "The breast stroke, by the look of it!" The sole redeeming feature is a guest appearance by Peter Sellers in an all too brief sketch, parodying the American military."[4]
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