Keep It Up, Jack is a 1974 British sex comedy film directed by Derek Ford and starring Mark Jones.[1] It was written by Ford and Alan Selwyn, and produced by Michael L. Green.
| Keep It Up, Jack | |
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| Directed by | Derek Ford |
| Screenplay by | Alan Selwyn Derek Ford |
| Produced by | Michael L. Green |
| Starring | Mark Jones Sue Longhurst Linda Regan Frank Thornton Queenie Watts Paul Whitsun-Jones Maggi Burton Steve Veidor Jennifer Westbrook |
| Cinematography | Geoff Glover |
| Edited by | Pat Foster |
| Music by | Terry Warr |
Production company | Blackwater Films |
| Distributed by | Variety Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
editJack James is an unsuccessful music hall entertainer and drag artist who inherits a brothel from his late aunt, and impersonates her in order to seduce the female clients.
Cast
edit- Mark Jones as Jack
- Sue Longhurst as Virginia
- Linda Regan as Gloria
- Frank Thornton as Mr. Clarke
- Queenie Watts as charlady
- Paul Whitsun-Jones as Mr. Fairbrother
- Maggi Burton as Fleur
- Steve Veidor as Muscles
- Jennifer Westbrook as Caroline
Production
editThe film also exists in a version with hardcore inserts, but there is no suggestion that any of the credited cast participated in it.[2]
In 2022 Dark Force Entertainment released the longer, hardcore version of the film on blu-ray.
Critical reception
editMonthly Film Bulletin said "An extended series of charades, played round a none too substantial comic theme. The plot is left to totter haphazardly from one situation to the next, while Mark Jones zips through from one costume change to the next, displaying commendable physical facility but scarcely one memorable personality amongst all the opportunities provided. When out of drag, he comes across as a close impersonation of Norman Wisdom."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Keep It Up, Jack". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books Ltd
- ^ "Keep It Up, Jack". Monthly Film Bulletin. 41 (480): 74. 1974. ProQuest 1305830227 – via ProQuest.
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