Up the Creek

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Size: A1 1 Sheet (cca. 59 x 84 cm). Up the Creek is a 1963 vintage Hungarian movie poster designed by Tibor Jakfalvy Up the Creek is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest which starred David Tomlinson Peter Sellers Wilfrid Hyde White David Lodge and Lionel Jeffries Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather a well meaning but accident prone naval officer with a passion for rockets is posted where he can so the navy hopes cause no further damage He is given command of a mothballed Royal Navy vessel HMS Berkeley which has had no commanding officer for several years She is moored at a wharf on the Suffolk coast near the fictional village of Meadows End He discovers that the ship is woefully under strength and is forced to contend with the schemes of his bosun Chief Petty Officer Dogerty Sellers He and the crew are running several profitable businesses including a same day laundry selling naval rum and cigarettes to the local pub the Pig and Whistle and making pies and pastries for sale to the villagers They also keep pigs and hens After the naive Fairweather is innocently drawn into the enterprises he is politely blackmailed into covering for them But when an admiral makes a surprise inspection the story eventually comes out Whilst angrily haranguing them Admiral Foley accidentally launches Fairweather s experimental rocket and the ship is sunk Because of Fairweather s impeccable connections at the Admiralty and because the Berkeley was Admiral Foley s first command Fairwather is not court martialed Instead he is promoted to lieutenant commander and posted to Woomera to continue his rocketry research accompanied by Susanne the attractive French girl he met at the pub The ship s crew are posted to another ship HMS Incorruptible source wikipedia org Fine, light fold marks and wear, some discolouration, small tears. N° de ref. del artículo 5119

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