Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River is a 1968 British comedy film produced by Walter Shenson and starring Jerry Lewis. It was released on 12 July 1968 by Columbia Pictures and is based on Max Wilk's novel of the same name, with the original Connecticut locale moved to Swinging London and Portugal.

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJerry Paris
Produced byWalter Shenson
Written byMax Wilk
StarringJerry Lewis
Terry-Thomas
Jacqueline Pearce
Bernard Cribbins
Patricia Routledge
Music byDavid Whitaker
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byBill Lenny
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 12 July 1968 (1968-07-12)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,100,000 (US/ Canada)[1]
316,754 admissions (France)[2]

Plot

George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in Britain. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for he and his wife, Pamela, (Jacqueline Pearce) who is considering divorce if he continues with them.

Willy Homer (Terry-Thomas) is a conman who plans to help George raise some quick cash by selling plans for a drill to a group of Arabs. The plans, which were stolen, are smuggled to Lisbon with help from his accomplice, Fred Davies (Bernard Cribbins). As they are about to trade the plans, they realise that they are being double-crossed. A series of chases follows, and eventually the plans are revealed to be worthless to everyone.

Distraught, George finds comfort in his wife and promises to never embark on any more schemes, but Willy shows up at his door with another one.

Cast

Production

Filming took place between 15 May and 30 June 1967 and the director, Jerry Paris, has a cameo as the umpire at a baseball game.

Home media

The film has been released twice on Region 1 DVD, on 8 July 2003 and again in a Jerry Lewis Triple Feature collection with Three on a Couch and Hook, Line & Sinker on 16 January 2018.

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References
  1. "Big Rental Films of 1968", Variety, 8 January 1969 p 15. Please note this figure is a rental accruing to distributors.
  2. Jerry Lewis films French box office information at Box Office Story
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