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	'''''Up the Creek''''' is a 1958 British [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Tomlinson]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Wilfrid Hyde-White]], [[David Lodge (actor)\|David Lodge]] and [[Lionel Jeffries]].		'''''Up the Creek''''' is a 1958 British [[w:comedy film\|comedy film]] written and directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Tomlinson]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Wilfrid Hyde-White]], [[David Lodge (actor)\|David Lodge]] and [[Lionel Jeffries]].

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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| music = Tony Fones Tony Lowry
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'''''Up the Creek''''' is a 1958 British [[comedy film]] written and directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Tomlinson]], [[Peter Sellers]], [[Wilfrid Hyde-White]], [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] and [[Lionel Jeffries]].

==Plot==
Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather, a well-meaning but accident-prone naval officer with a passion for rockets, is posted where he can (so the navy hopes) cause no further damage. He is given command of a [[Reserve fleet|mothballed]] [[Royal Navy]] vessel, HMS ''Berkeley'', which has had no commanding officer for several years. She is moored at a wharf on the [[Suffolk]] coast near the (fictional) village of Meadows End.

He discovers that the ship is woefully under strength and is forced to contend with the schemes of his [[boatswain|bosun]], [[Chief Petty Officer]] Doherty (Sellers). He and the crew are running several profitable businesses, including a same-day laundry, selling naval rum and cigarettes to the local pub, the ''Pig and Whistle'', and making pies and pastries for sale to the villagers. They also keep pigs and hens.

After the naive Fairweather is innocently drawn into the enterprises, he is politely blackmailed into covering for them. But when an [[admiral]] makes a surprise inspection, the story eventually comes out. Whilst angrily haranguing them, Admiral Foley accidentally launches Fairweather's experimental rocket, and the ship is sunk.

Because of Fairweather's impeccable connections at the Admiralty, and because the Berkeley was Admiral Foley's first command, Fairwather is not court-martialed. Instead, he is promoted to lieutenant-commander and posted to [[Woomera Test Range|Woomera]] to continue his rocketry research, accompanied by Susanne, the attractive French girl he met at the pub. The ship's crew are posted to another ship, HMS ''Incorruptible''.

==Cast==
* [[David Tomlinson]] as Lieutenant Fairweather
* [[Peter Sellers]] as Chief Petty Officer Doherty
* [[Wilfrid Hyde-White]] as Admiral Foley
* [[Vera Day]] as Lily
* Liliane Sottane as Susanne
* [[Tom Gill (actor)|Tom Gill]] as Flag Lieutenant
* [[Michael Goodliffe]] as Nelson
* [[Reginald Beckwith]] as Publican of 'Pig and Whistle'
* [[Lionel Murton]] as Perkins
* [[John Warren (actor)|John Warren]] as Cooky
* [[Lionel Jeffries]] as Steady Barker
* Howard Williams as Bunts
* [[Peter Collingwood]] as Chippie
* Barry Lowe as Webster
* [[Edwin Richfield]] as Bennett
* [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] as Scouse
* [[Leonard Fenton]] as Policeman
* [[Sam Kydd]] as Bates
* [[Basil Dignam]] as Coombes
* [[Patrick Cargill]] as Commander
* [[Michael Ripper]] as Decorator
* [[Frank Pettingell]] as Stationmaster

==Production==
Much of the film was shot at [[Thos. W. Ward|Thomas Ward Ship Breakers]], [[Grays, Essex|Grays]], Essex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelstreets.com/films/up-the-creek/|title = Reelstreets | up the Creek}}</ref> The Ship, although referred to by a character in the film as a sloop, was ex [[Castle-class corvette]], {{HMS|Berkeley Castle|K387|6}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harwichanddovercourt.co.uk/warships/corvettes/|title=Corvettes – World War 2 | Harwich & Dovercourt | History, Facts & Photos of Harwich}}</ref>

According to an interview with Val Guest (included on the DVD issue of the film), ''Up the Creek'' was the first starring film role for Sellers, at the time known only for radio, short television sketches and film supporting roles. Guest was only able to obtain his services by also including established comedy film star David Tomlinson.

A sequel ''[[Further Up the Creek]]'' was released later in the same year, with [[Frankie Howerd]] replacing Peter Sellers.

==Critical reception==
*''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film, "an amiable jest that is diverting and spasmodically amusing, if not precisely unuproarious."<ref>{{cite web|author=A. H. Weiler. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9404E7D9173BE43BBC4952DFB7678383649EDE |title=Movie Review - Up the Creek - Up the Creek' at 55th |work=NYTimes.com |date=1958-11-11 |access-date=2014-03-10}}</ref>
*''[[TV Guide]]'' said, "it is a surprise that UP THE CREEK is as fresh and amusing as it is... Sellers, in one of his earliest roles, steals the show."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/up-the-creek/review/121905 |title=Up The Creek Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |access-date=2014-03-10}}</ref>

==Box Office==
''Kinematograph Weekly'' listed it as being "in the money" at the British box office in 1958.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|date=18 December 1958|first=Josh|last=Billings|page=7|title=Others in the Money}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0052343}}

{{Val Guest}}

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