Wonderful To Be Young!

1h 48m 1962

Brief Synopsis

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Nicky and his friends find that their youth club is in danger of being flattened to make way for a new office block unless they can come up with £1500 to pay the new owner, the ruthless property tycoon Hamilton Black. To help raise the cash, Nicky records a song and his friends broadcast it via a pirate radio station, touting him as "The Mystery Singer" - the plan works and interest in their up and coming show is heightened by this new but unknown heart-throb. But Nicky has an even bigger secret and one that he cannot share, even with his girlfriend Toni... Hamilton Black is his father.

Cast & Crew

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Sidney J. Furie

Director

Cliff Richard

Nicky Black

Robert Morley

Hamilton Black

Carole Gray

Toni

Richard O'sullivan

Ernest

Melvyn Hayes

Jimmy

Film Details

Also Known As
The Young Ones
Genre
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Jan 1962
Premiere Information
New Orleans opening: 1 Nov 1962
Production Company
Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
Great Britain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1

Synopsis

Nicky Black, a talented pop singer, is the leader of a youth club in the slum section of London. Unknown to the other members of the club is the fact that Nicky is the son of a millionaire real estate tycoon who plans to buy up the slum area and erect a huge office building there. Nicky learns of this plan and encourages his friends to raise funds for purchasing the property by putting on a teenager musical in a dilapidated theater. Nicky's unscrupulous father, however, outwits them by buying the theater. Undaunted, the youngsters find another theater and start promoting their show by broadcasting samples of Nicky's singing over a pirate television channel. Mr. Black again tries to interfere. A tough member of the youth club attempts to abduct him, but Nicky rescues his father and reaches the theater in time to make the matinee a success. Now proud of his son, Mr. Black promises to finance for Nicky and his friends a new and better youth club.

Director

Sidney J. Furie

Director

Cast

Cliff Richard

Nicky Black

Robert Morley

Hamilton Black

Carole Gray

Toni

Richard O'sullivan

Ernest

Melvyn Hayes

Jimmy

Teddy Green

Chris

Annette Robertson

Barbara

Sonya Cordeau

Dorinda

Sean Sullivan

Eddie

Harold Scott

Dench

Gerald Harper

Watts

Rita Webb

Woman in market

Robertson Hare

Chauffeur

The Shadows

Themselves

Crew

Bill Alexander

Chief draughtsman

Burt Bacharach

Composer

Roy C. Bennett

Composer

Stanley Black

Music Supervisor & background score

Jackie Breed

Wardrobe mistress

William P. Cartlidge

Assistant Director

Ronald Cass

Screenwriter

Ronald Cass

Composer

Jean Clarkson

Prod Secretary

Hal David

Composer

Ivy Emmerton

Hairdresser

W. Evans

Camera grip

Jim Foster

Props buyer

Stuart Freeborn

Makeup

Peter Gormley

Composer

Michael Gowans

1st, 2d & 3d Assistant Director

E. Haben

Sound Camera op

Kenneth Harper

Producer

Claude Hitchcock

Sound mix

John Howell

Art Director

Peter Hurst

Focus

David Jones

Boom Operator

Robert Lennard

Casting Director

A. W. Lumkin

Sound

Hank B. Marvin

Composer

Andrew Mitchell

Associate Producer

Peter Myers

Original story & Screenplay

Peter Myers

Composer

Norrie Paramor

Composer

Herbert Ross

Choreography

Alan Sievewright

Costume Design

Jack Slade

Film Editor

Fred Slark

Assistant Director

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Sy Soloway

Composer

Kenneth Mccallum Tait

Assistant art Director

Sid Tepper

Composer

Laurie Turner

Stills

Robin Vidgeon

Focus

Chic Waterson

Camera Operator

Bruce Welch

Composer

Helen Whitson

Cont

John D. Wilcox

Production Manager

Shirley Wolfe

Composer

Film Details

Also Known As
The Young Ones
Genre
Comedy
Musical
Release Date
Jan 1962
Premiere Information
New Orleans opening: 1 Nov 1962
Production Company
Associated British Picture Corp., Ltd.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
Great Britain

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 48m
Sound
Mono
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1

Quotes

Trivia

Notes

Opened in London in December 1961 as The Young Ones; running time: 108 min.

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