Light Up the Sky! (film)

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