Up to His Neck

Up to His Neck
Original British quad poster
Directed by	John Paddy Carstairs
Produced by	Hugh Stewart
Written by	John Paddy Carstairs Patrick Kirwan Ted Willis
Based on	a story by Peter Rogers
Starring	Ronald Shiner Laya Raki
Music by	Benjamin Frankel
Cinematography	Ernest Steward
Edited by	Alfred Roome
Production company	Group Film Productions Limited
Distributed by	General Film Distributors (UK)
Release dates	1 August 1954 (UK)
Running time	91 minutes^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.^[2]^[3]

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

External links

Up to His Neck at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs

Paris Plane (1933)
Holiday's End (1937)
Double Exposures (1937)
Night Ride (1937)
Missing, Believed Married (1937)
Incident in Shanghai (1938)
Lassie from Lancashire (1938)
The Saint in London (1939)
Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
Spare a Copper (1940)
He Found a Star (1941)
Dancing with Crime (1947)
Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
Fools Rush In (1949)
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
Talk of a Million (1951)
Treasure Hunt (1952)
Made in Heaven (1952)
Top of the Form (1953)
Trouble in Store (1953)
Up to His Neck (1954)
One Good Turn (1955)
Man of the Moment (1955)
Jumping for Joy (1956)
Up in the World (1956)
Just My Luck (1957)
The Big Money (1958)
The Square Peg (1959)
Tommy the Toreador (1959)
Sands of the Desert (1960)
A Weekend with Lulu (1961)
The Devil's Agent (1962)

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