Ferry Cross the Mersey
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jeremy Summers
Gerry Marsden
Fred Marsden
Les Chadwick
Les Maguire
Julie Samuel
Film Details
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Synopsis
As screaming young fans jam the Manchester Airport to welcome Gerry and the Pacemakers back from an American tour, Gerry recalls the story of the group's first success: Living with Aunt Lil at her Liverpool boardinghouse, Gerry takes the ferry across the Mersey each day to attend art school with Chad, a member of his group, while Fred and Les, the other Pacemakers, cross the river to their factory jobs. At night, the four play and sing at The Cavern, a local nightclub. Gerry's girl friend Dodie persuades Hanson, an agent, to represent the boys in a competition to select a musical act to compete in the European Beat contest. On the day of the competition, the new instruments which the agent secured for the boys are delivered to the airport by mistake and, after a wild chase, are recovered by the foursome. Gerry and the Pacemakers are driven to the competition in a funeral hearse and win the contest. They have now achieved international fame.
Director
Jeremy Summers
Cast
Gerry Marsden
Fred Marsden
Les Chadwick
Les Maguire
Julie Samuel
Eric Barker
Deryck Guyler
George A. Cooper
Patricia Lawrence
Mona Washbourne
T. P. Mckenna
Mischa De La Motte
Margaret Nolan
Donald Gee
Bernard Sharpe
Keith Smith
Andy Ho
Cilla Black
The Fourmost
Jimmy Savile
Earl Royce And The Olympics
The Blackwells
The Black Knights
Crew
Leigh Aman
Charles Bishop
Hector Elwes
Brian Epstein
Brian Epstein
Gerry Fairbank
David Franden
Francis Gornall
Kenneth Griffith
Michael Holden
Roy Little
Gerry Marsden
George Martin
Tony Masters
Alan Mccabe
James Mcdermott
John Merrick
John Victor Smith
Kevin Sutton
Gilbert Taylor
David Trimnell
Dee Vaughn
Tony Warren
Film Details
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Filmed on location in and around Liverpool. Opened in London in December 1964; running time: 85 min.
