Heavens Above!

"Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!"

1963 1h 58m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 28

Comedy

Synopsis

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A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.

“Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!”

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Cast

Peter Sellers
The Rev. John Smallwood
Cecil Parker
Archdeacon Aspinall
Isabel Jeans
Lady Despard
Ian Carmichael
The Other Smallwood
Bernard Miles
Simpson
Brock Peters
Matthew Robinson
Eric Sykes
Harry Smith
Irene Handl
Rene Smith

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Boulting
Writers: Frank Harvey, John Boulting
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Boulting, shot by Mutz Greenbaum. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Teddy Darvas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Peter Sellers and Cecil Parker and Isabel Jeans carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0057134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

John Boulting directs. Mutz Greenbaum behind the camera. Richard Rodney Bennett scores. Teddy Darvas cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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163 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by John Boulting, shot by Mutz Greenbaum. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Richard Rodney Bennett. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Teddy Darvas shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Peter Sellers and Cecil Parker and Isabel Jeans carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Where "I'm All Right Jack" left off…this takes off!".
7IMDB entry: tt0057134 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.