Upstairs and Downstairs (1960)
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.
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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.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Frank Harvey
In Theaters:12/5/1960
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Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:The Rank Organisation
Cast
Ralph Thomas
Director
Michael Craig
Richard Barry
Anne Heywood
Kate Barry
Mylène Demongeot
Ingrid
Claudia Cardinale
Maria
Barbara Steele
Mary
James Robertson Justice
James Mansfield
Eric Pohlmann
Mario
Joan Hickson
Rosemary
Joan Sims
Blodwen
Marie Devereux
Italian Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
Train Passenger (uncredited)
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