Upstairs and Downstairs

Upstairs and Downstairs

101 mins | Comedy | Nov. 2, 1959

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated.

Upstairs and Downstairs

101 mins | Comedy | Nov. 2, 1959

Upstairs and Downstairs
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated.
IMDb rating 6.2
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title Upstairs and Downstairs
Directors Geoffrey Haine, Gladys Goldsmith, Ralph Thomas
Writers Ronald Scott Thorn, Frank Harvey

Cast

Michael Craig

as Richard Barry

Anne Heywood

as Kate Barry

Barbara Steele

as Mary

Eric Pohlmann

as Mario

Joan Hickson

as Rosemary

Joan Sims

as Blodwen

Marie Devereux

as Italian Hotel Maid (uncredited)

Oliver Reed

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Sid James

as P.C. Edwards

Joseph Tomelty

as Arthur Farringdon

Nora Nicholson

as Edith Farringdon

Daniel Massey

as Wesley Cotes

Austin Willis

as McGuffey

Margalo Gillmore

as Mrs. McGuffey

Reginald Beckwith

as Parson

Dilys Laye

as Agency Girl

Irene Handl

as Large Woman

William Mervyn

as Kingsley

Jean Cadell

as 1st Old Lady

Barbara Everest

as 2nd Old Lady

Nicholas Phipps

as Harry

Jeremy Burnham

as Frank

Nicholas Parsons

as Brian

Madge Ryan

as Policewoman

Betty Henderson

as Bridget

Hyma Beckley

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Gaylord Cavallaro

as Rocky, the Sailor (uncredited)

Bill Edwards

as Sailor (uncredited)

Shirley Anne Field

as Arriving Passenger 2 (uncredited)

Susan Hampshire

as Arriving Passenger 3 (uncredited)

Victor Harrington

as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)

Burt Kwouk

as Chinese Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited)

Sam Kydd

as Driver (uncredited)

Harry Locke

as Train Ticket Inspector (uncredited)

Stephen Gregson

as Paul