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	* {{IMDb title\|0051564\|The Duke Wore Jeans}}		* {{IMDb title\|0051564\|The Duke Wore Jeans}}
	*~~[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/~~4ce2b6a94a045 The Duke Wore Jeans~~] at BFI~~		*{{BFI\|4ce2b6a94a045\|The Duke Wore Jeans}}
	*[https://letterboxd.com/film/the-duke-wore-jeans/ The Duke Wore Jeans] at Letterbox DVD		*[https://letterboxd.com/film/the-duke-wore-jeans/ The Duke Wore Jeans] at Letterbox DVD
	*[https://variety.com/1957/film/reviews/the-duke-wore-jeans-1200419026/ Review of film] at Variety		*[https://variety.com/1957/film/reviews/the-duke-wore-jeans-1200419026/ Review of film] at Variety

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Duke Wore Jeans
| image_size =
| image = The Duke Wore Jeans FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| screenplay = [[Norman Hudis]]
| story = {{ubl|[[Lionel Bart]]|[[Mike Pratt (actor)|Mike Pratt]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Tommy Steele]]|[[Michael Medwin]]|[[June Laverick]]}}
| cinematography = [[Otto Heller]]
| editing = Peter Boita
| studio = Insignia Films
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated|Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|1958|3|30|}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''The Duke Wore Jeans''''' is a 1958 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[musical film]] by producer [[Nat Cohen]] starring [[Tommy Steele]] and [[June Laverick]].<ref>DUKE WORE JEANS, The
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 61.</ref>

The songs for the film were released in 1958 by Decca on a 10" LP, a 7" EP and two 7" singles and, in more recent times, on compilation CDs.

==Plot==
The only son of the poor but aristocratic Whitecliffe family is to be sent to the nation of Ritalla in order to sell the family's cattle to upgrade the nation's livestock. As a side benefit, his parents hope he will marry the King's only daughter, Princess Maria. Unknown to his family, Tony is already secretly married to a commoner. Fate intervenes when drifter Tommy Hudson, who is the identical likeness of Tony, comes to the Whitecliffe estate to seek work. Tony engages Tommy to impersonate him on his trip to Ritalla accompanied by Cooper, the family's only servant.

Tommy and Cooper travel to Ritalla where Tommy pretends to be Tony. The princess refuses to meet him because she does not want to get married. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Bastini is scheming to force the King to abdicate since his daughter refuses to marry.

Tommy meets the princess and they fall in love.<ref>THE DUKE WORE JEANS
Picture Show; London Vol. 70, Iss. 1829, (Apr 19, 1958): 8.</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Tommy Steele]] as Tony Whitecliffe / Tommy Hudson
* [[June Laverick]] as Princess Maria
* [[Michael Medwin]] as Cooper
* [[Eric Pohlmann]] as Bastini - Prime Minister
* [[Alan Wheatley]] as King of Ritalla
* [[Noel Hood]] as Lady Marguerite
* [[Mary Kerridge]] as Queen
* [[Elwyn Brook-Jones]] as Bartolomeo
* [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] as Duchess Cynthia Whitecliffe
* [[Clive Morton]] as Lord Edward Whitecliffe

==Production==
Steele made the film because he was contracted to Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy for one more movie. He says the idea of the film was his, as he always liked ''[[The Prince and the Pauper]]''. "It wasn't only a chance to act a bit, it was also an opportunity to kick around new musical ideas," he wrote later. "I wanted to act a good part and sing show numbers."<ref>Steele p 295</ref>

Steele was paid £20,000 plus 10% of the profits.<ref>Andrew Caine [https://books.google.com/books?id=S1FVg61QpxEC&pg=PA117 ''Interpreting Rock Movies: The Pop Film and Its Critics in Britain''], Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004p.117</ref>

==Songs==
The songs in the film included:
*"It's All Happening"
*"What do You Do"
*"Family Tree"
*"Happy Guitar"
*"Hair-Down, Hoe-Down"
*"Princess"
*"Photograph" ([[Duet (music)|duet]] with [[June Laverick]])
*"Thanks A Lot"

All of the songs were written by [[Lionel Bart]], [[Mike Pratt (actor)|Mike Pratt]] and Jimmy Bennett (a [[pseudonym]] of [[Tommy Steele]]).

Steele said "Family Tree" in particular "proved Lionel Bart's talent as a wordsmith... It was a bastard to sing but I relished it."<ref>Steele p 295</ref>

==Soundtrack==

===Chart positions===
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart
!Year
!Peak<br>position
|-
|[[UK Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/The%20Duke%20Wore%20Jeans|title=The Official Charts Company - Original Soundtrack - The Duke Wore Jeans|work=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=27 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|1958
|align="center"|1
|}

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{{S-bef|before = ''[[Pal Joey (film)#Soundtrack|Pal Joey]]'' by Original Soundtrack}}
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{{S-aft|after = ''[[My Fair Lady#original cast album|My Fair Lady]]'' by Original Cast Album }}
{{S-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
*{{cite book|first=Tommy|last=Steele|title=Bermondsey boy : memories of a forgotten world|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780141028026|url-access=registration|year=2007|publisher=Michael Joseph}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0051564|The Duke Wore Jeans}}
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a94a045 The Duke Wore Jeans] at BFI
*[https://letterboxd.com/film/the-duke-wore-jeans/ The Duke Wore Jeans] at Letterbox DVD
*[https://variety.com/1957/film/reviews/the-duke-wore-jeans-1200419026/ Review of film] at Variety
*[http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=4883 Review of film] at Spinning Image
{{Gerald Thomas}}

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[[Category:1958 comedy films]]
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[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Peter Rogers]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Norman Hudis]]
[[Category:Films shot at British National Studios]]
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