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All the Way Up (1970)

All the Way Up poster
Directed by
James MacTaggart
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
12A
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A working-class British man schemes to climb the social ladder through a mix of ambition and bluff. His plans cause chaos and comedy within his family and neighborhood.

lightheartedcomedicsatiricalwrybrisktheatricalmildly farcical

What happens

All The Way Up is a 1970 British comedy film directed by James MacTaggart and starring Warren Mitchell, Pat Heywood, Kenneth Cranham, Richard Briers, Adrienne Posta and Elaine Taylor. It is based on the 1962 play Semi-Detached by David Turner. It was the sole feature film directorial credit from James MacTaggart, one of the leading drama directors in British television. The title song was performed by Liverpool group The Scaffold. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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