Upstairs and Downstairs

Nov 2, 1959

1h 41m

★ 5.6

m-m-m-m-Mylene's m-m-m-m-Marvelous!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

Upstairs and Downstairs Trailers

Cast

Richard Barry

Michael Craig

Kate Barry

Anne Heywood

Ingrid

Mylène Demongeot

Maria

Claudia Cardinale

Mary

Barbara Steele

James Mansfield

James Robertson Justice

Mario

Eric Pohlmann

Rosemary

Joan Hickson

Blodwen

Joan Sims

Italian Hotel Maid (uncredited)

Marie Devereux

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Oliver Reed

P.C. Edwards

Sidney James

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6.6

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7.3

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7.2

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5.3

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4.7

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7.0

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7.8

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6.0

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3.7

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