Idol on Parade

Idol on Parade
Directed by	John Gilling
Starring	Anthony Newley
Production company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	1959
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Idol on Parade also known as Idle on Parade is a 1959 youth-oriented British comedy film directed by John Gilling and starring Anthony Newley, Sid James and Lionel Jeffries. It was John Antrobus' first screenplay.^[1]^[2] The film was based on the 1958 novel Idle on Parade by William Camp that was inspired by Elvis Presley's conscription into the US Army.

The film was produced by Warwick Films and featured Newley singing five songs in a Cockney accent for the film.

One of the songs "I've Waited for So Long" became a pop hit.^[3]

Cast

William Bendix as Sergeant Major Lush
Anthony Newley as Jeep Jackson
Anne Aubrey as Caroline
Lionel Jeffries as Bertie
Sid James as Herbie
David Lodge as Shorty
Dilys Laye as Renee
William Kendall as Commanding Officer
Bernie Winters as Joseph Jackson
Harry Fowler as Ron
Norman Atkyns as Stage manager
Percy Herbert as Sergeant Hebrides

References

↑ Antrobus, John (2002). Surviving Spike Milligan: A Voyage Through the Mind & Mirth of the Master Goon. London: Robson Books. ISBN 0-246-12275-7. p.44
↑ McCann, Graham (2006). Spike & Co. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-89809-7.
↑ "New star rises on British hit front.". The Australian Women's Weekly (National Library of Australia). 12 August 1959. p. 43 Supplement: Teenagers Weekly. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

External links

Idol on Parade at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Gilling

Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
A Matter of Murder (1949)
No Trace (1950)
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The Frightened Man (1952)
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
The Voice of Merrill (1952)
Deadly Nightshade (1953)
Recoil (1953)
Escape by Night (1953)
Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
Destination Milan (1954)
Double Exposure (1954)
The Embezzler (1954)
The Gilded Cage (1955)
Tiger by the Tail (1955)
Odongo (1956)
The Gamma People (1956)
Interpol (1957)
High Flight (1957)
The Man Inside (1958)
Idol on Parade (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
The Challenge (1960)
Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
Panic (1963)
The Scarlet Blade (1964 )
The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
The Night Caller (1965)
Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
La cruz del diablo (1975)

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