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What a Crazy World (1963)

What a Crazy World poster
Directed by
Michael Carreras
Genre
musical film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man tries to make it as a singer in London while dealing with odd jobs and romantic troubles. His friends join him in a series of comic misadventures filled with popular songs from the era.

energeticupbeatlivelylightheartedwhimsicalnostalgicmusical

What happens

What a Crazy World is a 1963 film directed by Michael Carreras, co-written by Carreras and Alan Klein and based on the latter's stage play. The pop musical features various late 1950s and early 1960s musical performers such as Joe Brown, Marty Wilde, and Susan Maughan, and also includes an appearance by Freddie and the Dreamers, with Klein playing a minor role as a comrade of Brown's and Wilde's characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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