The Cherry Picker
Directed byPeter Curran
Written byPeter Curran (screenplay)
Based onthe novel Pick Up Sticks by Mickey Phillips
StarringLulu
Bob Sherman
Terry-Thomas
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Spike Milligan
Music byBill McGuffie
Release date
1972

The Cherry Picker, also known as The Quiet Life, is a 1972 British drama film directed by Peter Curran and starring Lulu, Bob Sherman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Spike Milligan, Patrick Cargill, Jack Hulbert, Fiona Curzon, Terry-Thomas and Robert Hutton.[1]

As of August 2014, the film was missing from the BFI National Archive; although inferior quality copies are still in circulation[2] it is still listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films[3] due to the loss of the original print.

Cast

Production

The film was written, directed and produced by Curran.[5]

References

  1. ^ "The Cherry Picker (1972)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  2. ^ "7 Amazing British Films That Are Lost Forever". Yahoo Finance. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  3. ^ "BFI Most Wanted". BFI National Archives. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  4. ^ Bret, David (8 August 2015). Brit Girls of the Sixties Volume Three: Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw & Lulu. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1-291-79827-2.
  5. ^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8.

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