I'm All Right Jack (1959)

18/08/1959 (GB)•Comedy•1h 45m

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Three of England's Top Comedians...One Big Laugh Riot!

Overview

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Top Billed Cast

Peter Sellers
Fred Kite
Ian Carmichael
Stanley Windrush
Terry-Thomas
Major Hitchcock
Richard Attenborough
Sidney De Vere Cox
Dennis Price
Bertram Tracepurcel
Margaret Rutherford
Aunt Dolly
Irene Handl
Mrs. Kite
Liz Fraser
Cynthia Kite
Miles Malleson
Windrush Snr.

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A review by John Chard

9.0

Written by John Chard on Nov 23, 2018

Near masterpiece from the brilliant Boulting brothers. I'm All Right Jack is directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney. It's based on the novel Private Life by Hackney and is a sequel to the Boulting's 1956 film Private's Progress. Returning from the first film are Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas, Victor Madden & Miles Malleson. While Peter Sellers (BAFTA for Best Actor) and a ream of British comedy actors of the time make up the rest of the cast. Looking to force a crooked deal, Bertram T...