Raising the Wind (1961)

Directed by

Gerald Thomas

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

U

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of students and staff at a posh music school get into silly mix-ups and misunderstandings. The comedy relies on period double meanings and antics from a familiar cast of British character actors.

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What happens

Raising the Wind (US: Roommates) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser, Eric Barker and Sid James. The storyline, screenplay and musical score of the film were by Bruce Montgomery. Raising the Wind uses a cast of actors drawn from the Carry On and Doctor films that were popular at the time, although it is not an official member of either series. It is set in an elite music school. The title is typical British comedy double entendre of the period: normally connected to the act of belching, but here also referring to the woodwind section of an orchestra. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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