Light Up the Sky!
Friends at the front line, tripping over each other to survive!
1960 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Lewis Gilbert |
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| Writer: | Vernon Harris |
| Staring: |
| Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 05, 1960 |
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| Director: | Lewis Gilbert |
| Writer: | Vernon Harris |
| Genres: | War |
| Keywords | world war ii, british army |
| Production Companies | Criterion Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 02, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Ian Carmichael | Lt. Ogleby |
| Tommy Steele | Eric McCaffey |
| Benny Hill | Syd McCaffey |
| Sydney Tafler | Ted Green |
| Johnny Briggs | Leslie 'Smithy' Smith |
| Victor Maddern | Lance Bombardier Tomlinson |
| Dick Emery | Harry - Driver |
| Harry Locke | Roland Kenyon |
| Sheila Hancock | Theatre Act |
| Cardew Robinson | Compere |
| Fred Griffiths | Mr Jennings |
| Cyril Smith | 'Spinner' Rice |
| Name | Job |
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| Vernon Harris | Screenplay |
| Douglas Gamley | Original Music Composer |
| John Wilcox | Director of Photography |
| Peter Tanner | Editor |
| John Stoll | Art Direction, Production Design |
| Robert Storey | Theatre Play |
| Lewis Gilbert | Director |
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| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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