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Up to His Neck

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Directed by
  
John Paddy Carstairs

Cinematography
  
Ernest Steward

Initial release
  
1954

Music director
  
Benjamin Frankel

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Music by
  
Benjamin Frankel

Edited by
  
Alfred Roome

Director
  
John Paddy Carstairs

Produced by
  
Hugh Stewart

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Based on
  
a story by Peter Rogers

Starring
  
Ronald Shiner Laya Raki

Written by
  
John Paddy Carstairs, Patrick Kirwan, Ted Willis, Baron Willis

Cast
  
Ronald Shiner, Laya Raki, Bryan Forbes

Similar
  
Top of the Form, Dry Rot, Operation Bullshine, Up in the World, One Good Turn

Up to His Neck is a 1954 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Ronald Shiner as Jack Carter, Hattie Jacques as Rakiki and Anthony Newley as Tommy.

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Plot

Sailor Jack Carter (Ronald Shiner) has been marooned for ten years on a South Sea island, and treated as a King by natives. He is eventually rescued by the Royal Navy, who then use him to train up commandos to recover a stolen submarine, and to foil an oriental criminal plot.

Cast

  • Ronald Shiner as Jack Carter
  • Brian Rix as Wiggy
  • Laya Raki as Lao Win Tan
  • Harry Fowler as Smudge
  • Colin Gordon as Lieutenant Commander Sterning
  • Michael Brennan as Chief Petty Officer Brazier
  • Bryan Forbes as Subby
  • Alec Mango as Bandit General
  • Anthony Newley as Tommy
  • Gerald Campion as Skinny
  • Roland Curram as Jock
  • Norman Mitchell as Fungus
  • Hattie Jacques as Rakiki
  • John Warwick as Lieutenant Truman
  • Martin Boddey as Chang
  • Philip Stainton as Mr Woo
  • References

    Up to His Neck Wikipedia