You Lucky People

You Lucky People
	DVD cover
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	David Dent
Written by	Anthony Verney; Tommy Trinder
Based on	story by Maurice Harrison; Sidney Nelson
Starring	Tommy Trinder; Mary Parker; Dora Bryan
Music by	Edwin Astley
Cinematography	Gordon Dines
Edited by	Robert Jordan Hill
Production; company	David Dent Productions (as Advance)
Distributed by	Adelphi Films (UK)
Release date	1955
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

You Lucky People is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Tommy Trinder, Mary Parker and Dora Bryan.[1] Originally titled Get Fell In, the film was renamed to match Trinder's familiar catchphrase.[2] It was shot in a rival French process to CinemaScope, called 'CameraScope', with the attendant publicity describing "the first feature to be made with an anamorphic lens in black and white! It's a camerascoop!".[3][2]

Premise

An intake of civilian reservists arrive at army camp to do their two weeks refresher training.

Partial cast

Tommy Trinder as Tommy Smart
Mary Parker as Private Sally Briggs
Dora Bryan as Sergeant Hortense Tipp
R.S.M. Brittain as Himself
James Copeland as Private Jim Campbell
Michael Kelly as Sergeant Manners
Mark Singleton as Lieutenant Arthur Robson
Charles Rolfe as Hooky
Rolf Harris as Private Proudfoot
Rufus Cruikshank as Sergeant Major Horace Thickpenny
Michael Trubshawe as Lieutenant Colonel Barkstone-Gadsby
Harold Goodwin as Private Rossiter
Mignon O'Doherty as Colonel Trudgeon

Reception

TV Guide wrote, "other than an occasional laugh, it's hard to find much worth recommending in this farce on British army life";[4] while BFI Screenonline describes how the film did steady business on its release, with Kine Weekly writing, "expertly handled by (Elvey) the doyen of English directors...team work hearty, gags both time honoured and topical and staging generous."[2]

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References

BFI | Film & TV Database | YOU LUCKY PEOPLE! (1955). Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk (2009-04-16). Retrieved on 2011-12-02.
"BFI Screenonline: You Lucky People! (1955)". screenonline.org.uk.
John Reid (15 May 2004). Cinemascope One: Stupendous In 'scope. Lulu.com. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4116-0740-8. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
"You Lucky People". TVGuide.com.

External links

You Lucky People on IMDb
You Lucky People! at BFI Screenonline

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[1] BFI | Film & TV Database | YOU LUCKY PEOPLE! (1955). Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk (2009-04-16). Retrieved on 2011-12-02.

[screenonline-2] "BFI Screenonline: You Lucky People! (1955)". screenonline.org.uk.

[3] John Reid (15 May 2004). Cinemascope One: Stupendous In 'scope. Lulu.com. p. 123. ISBN 978-1-4116-0740-8. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

[4] "You Lucky People". TVGuide.com.