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Raising a Riot (1955)

Raising a Riot poster
Directed by
Wendy Toye
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A naval officer is left in charge of his three young children while his wife is away. He tries to manage the household and keep the children under control.

light-heartedchaoticwhimsicalplayfuleasygoingfarcicalfamily-oriented

What happens

Raising a Riot is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Wendy Toye and starring Kenneth More, Shelagh Fraser and Mandy Miller. It was written by Ian Dalrymple and Hugh Perceval based on the 1949 novel Raising a Riot by Alfred Toombs. A naval officer attempts to look after his three children in his wife's absence (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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