The Young Ones (1961)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Sidney J. Furie

Writers:

Ronald Cass (writer)
Peter Myers (writer)

Release Date:

26 February 1962 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

Coming Up Strong With a Song...

Plot:

Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new...

Plot Keywords:

Pirate Broadcasting | Independent Film

Cast

Cliff Richard	...	Nicky
Robert Morley	...	Hamilton Black
Carole Gray	...	Toni
Jet Harris	...	Himself (bass guitar) (as The Shadows)
Hank B. Marvin	...	Himself (lead guitar (as The Shadows)
Tony Meehan	...	Himself (drums) (as The Shadows)
Bruce Welch	...	Himself (rhythm guitar) (as The Shadows)
Teddy Green	...	Chris
Richard O'Sullivan	...	Ernest
Melvyn Hayes	...	Jimmy
Annette Robertson	...	Barbara
Robertson Hare	...	Chauffeur
Sonya Cordeau	...	Dorinda
Sean Sullivan	...	Eddie
Harold Scott	...	Dench
Gerald Harper	...	Watts
Rita Webb	...	Woman in Market
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alan Angel	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Wendy Barrie	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Bernie Boyd	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Burda Cann	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Pat Cassie	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Annette Clair	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Carol Dilworth	...	Teenage girl (uncredited)
Leslie Dolan	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Leander Fedden	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Terry Gilbert	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Claire Gordon	...	pin-up girl (on magazine browsed by Dench) (uncredited)
Pamela Hart	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Derina House	...	Dancer (uncredited)
John Howard	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Ken Martyne	...	Dancer (uncredited)
John McDonald	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Pat McIntyre	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Eithne Milne	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Sidney J. Furie

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ronald Cass		writer
Peter Myers		writer

Produced by
Kenneth Harper	....	producer
Andrew Mitchell	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Stanley Black
Ronald Cass

Cinematography by
Douglas Slocombe

Film Editing by
Jack Slade

Casting by
Robert Lennard

Art Direction by
John Howell

Makeup Department
Ivy Emmerton	....	hair stylist (as I. Emmerton)
Stuart Freeborn	....	makeup artist (as S. Freebourne)

Production Management
John D. Wilcox	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fred Slark	....	assistant director
Mike Gowans	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
William Alexander	....	chief draughtsman (uncredited)
Bill Beavis	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Kenneth McCallum Tait	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Keith Batten	....	boom operator
Gordon Davie	....	assistant dubbing editor
C. Hitchcock	....	sound recordist
A.W. Lumkin	....	recording director
Jim Shields	....	dubbing editor (as James Shields)
Len Shilton	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Chic Waterson	....	camera operator
Mike Roberts	....	focus puller (uncredited)

Casting Department
Judith Jourd	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jackie Breed	....	wardrobe mistress

Music Department
Roy Bennett	....	additional composer: songs and score
Stanley Black	....	additional composer: songs and score
Stanley Black	....	musical director
Stanley Black	....	orchestrator
Deveril Goodman	....	music editor (as Deveril C. Goodman)
Peter Gormley	....	additional composer: songs and score
Leslie Hammond	....	music recordist
Hank B. Marvin	....	composer: additional music (also songs)
Norrie Paramor	....	additional composer: songs and score
Norrie Paramor	....	music supervisor
Herbert Ross	....	dances and musical numbers staged by
Sy Soloway	....	additional composer: songs and score
Sid Tepper	....	composer: additional music (also songs)
Bruce Welch	....	composer: additional music (also songs)
Shirley Wolf	....	additional composer: songs and score

Transportation Department
Eddie Frewin	....	unit driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Frederic Gotfurt	....	scenario editor
Christine Lawson	....	assistant to choreographer
Alan Sievewright	....	fashion consultant
Helen Whitson	....	continuity (as H. Whitson)
Jean Clarkson	....	production secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Distributors

• Warner-Pathé Distributors (1961) (UK) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Wonderful to Be Young! (USA)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | Canada:G (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Ruislip Lido, Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK

Company:

Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)

Trivia:

'Carole Gray (I)''s singing voice is dubbed by Grazina Frame.

Movie Connections:

Spin off "The Young Ones" (1982)

Soundtrack:

We Say Yeah

This is just the coolest film...

... The Shadows come off best here with their few lines and great instrumentals undermining the potential datedness of pop stars' movie appearances. However Cliff really rocks and even if the cinematic techniques would be bettered in the follow-up Summer Holiday, the music is just superb.

The basic plot of this is so similar to The Blues Brothers it's uncanny. I should be very surprised if John Landis and Dan Aykroyd hadn't seen The Young Ones.

Forget about Grazina Frame's dubbed voice, forget about the square old pop played by Robert Morley, and remember the great songs and the unbelievably handsome Cliff!