Climbing High

Climbing High
Directed by	Carol Reed
Produced by	Michael Balcon
Written by	Marion Dix Sonnie Hale Lesser Samuels
Starring	Michael Redgrave Jessie Matthews Noel Madison Margaret Vyner Alastair Sim
Cinematography	Mutz Greenbaum
Edited by	Al Barnes Michael Gordon
Distributed by	MGM(UK) Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation(USA)
Release dates	November 1938 (UK) 1 December 1938 (USA) 19 October 1942 (Sweden)
Running time	78 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Climbing High is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Carol Reed.

Plot

Nicky Brooke (Michael Redgrave) a wealthy young man who despite his engagement to the aristocratic (and broke) Lady Constance Westaker (Margaret Vyner) falls for hard-up model Diana Castles ( Jessie Matthews) after nearly running her over with his car. In an effort to distance himself from 'tabloid' created tales of his playboy lifestyle, he changes his name and attempts to woo Diana by pretending to be poor.

Cast

Jessie Matthews as Diana Castles
Michael Redgrave as Nicky Brooke
Noel Madison as Gibson
Alastair Sim as Max
Margaret Vyner as Lady Constance Westaker
Leslie Phillips as a child actor.^[1]^[2]

References

External links

Climbing High at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Carol Reed

It Happened in Paris (with Robert Wyler; 1935)
Midshipman Easy (1935)
Laburnum Grove (1936)
Talk of the Devil (1936)
Who's Your Lady Friend? (1937)
Bank Holiday (1938)
Penny Paradise (1938)
Climbing High (1938)
A Girl Must Live (1939)
The Stars Look Down (1940)
Girl in the News (1940)
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Kipps (1941)
A Letter from Home (1941)
The Young Mr Pitt (1942)
The New Lot (1943)
The Way Ahead (1944)
Odd Man Out (1947)
The Fallen Idol (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
The Man Between (1953)
A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Trapeze (1956)
The Key (1958)
Our Man in Havana (1959)
The Running Man (1963)
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Oliver! (1968)
Flap (1970)
Follow Me! (1972)

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