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Heavens Above! is a British film comedy first released in 1963,
directed by John Boulting and Roy Boulting.
The film stars Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans, Ian Carmichael and Bernard Miles.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
- Script: John Boulting, Frank Harvey, Malcolm Muggeridge
- Photo: Mutz Greenbaum
- Music: Richard Rodney Bennett
- Cast: Peter Sellers (The Rev. John Smallwood), Cecil Parker (Archdeacon Aspinall), Isabel Jeans (Lady Despard), Ian Carmichael (The Other Smallwood), Bernard Miles (Simpson), Brock Peters (Matthew Robinson), Eric Sykes (Harry Smith), Irene Handl (Rene Smith), Miriam Karlin (Winnie Smith), Joan Miller (Mrs. Smith-Gould), Miles Malleson (Rockeby), Eric Barker (Bank Manager), William Hartnell (Major Fowler), Roy Kinnear (Fred Smith), Joan Hickson (Housewife), Kenneth Griffith (Rev. Owen Smith), Mark Eden (Sir Geoffrey Despard), John Comer (Butcher), Basil Dignam (Prisoner Governor), Franklyn Engelman (TV Commentator), Colin Gordon (Prime Minister), Geoffrey Hibbert (Council Official), Joan Heal (Disgruntled Housewife), Ludovic Kennedy (Ludovic Kennedy), Margery Lawrence, Harry Locke (Shop Steward), Henry B. Longhurst (Deaf Gentleman), Joan Matheson, Malcolm Muggeridge (Cleric), Derek Nimmo (Director-General’s Assistant), Conrad Phillips (P.R.O.), Nicholas Phipps (Director-General), Cardew Robinson (Tramp), Gerald Sim (Self-Service Store Manager), Olive Sloane (Quarreling Housewife), Marianne Stone (Miss Palmer), Elsie Wagstaff (Lady on Parish Church Council), Thorley Walters (Tranquilax Executive), Ian Wilson (Salvation Army Major), George Woodbridge (Bishop), Josephine Woodford (Doris Smith), Ronald Adam (Cabinet Minister #1), Rodney Bewes (Milkfloat driver), Peggy Ann Clifford (Bit Part, Crowd Scene), Ed Devereaux (Communications Officer), John Glyn-Jones (Professor), Fred Griffiths (Angry Man in Crowd Scene), John Harvey (Wilson, Prison Officer), Drewe Henley (Doris’ Boy Friend), John Junkin (Reporter at Space Launch Site), Barry Keegan (Angry Man in Crowd Scene), Louis Mansi (Man buying groceries), Steven Marriott (Jack), Arthur Mullard, Frank Sieman (Baptist – food queue), Rita Tobin-Weske (Lady at church door), Russell Waters (Bit Part, Cabinet Office)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 118 min; B&W
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