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Jumping for Joy
Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries. It was written by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies. It tells of the comic adventures of an ex-worker at a greyhound racing track.
Willie Joy works at a greyhound track as a cleaner, which involves picking up droppings from the dog track between races. He is tricked into standing in the line of the lure and falls on it as it speeds past with the dogs chasing it. He is fired.
Breeder Bert Benton has a sick dog and sells it to Joy who takes it home. His landlady evicts him. He meets con-man "Captain" Jack Montague and together they hatch a plan to make money from the dog, whom they name "Lindy Lou". Nursed back to health, Lindy starts to prove herself at racing trials. Benton wants to buy her back.
Crooks use Joy as an unwitting collaborator in fixing races and placing large bets. They pass doped meat for the dog but Joy and Montague eat it themselves. The crooks find them asleep but cannot find the dog. They detach Montague's railway carriage home and move it onto an active railway line. When they awake they are told they are near Doncaster. The dog is rescued just before the carriage is hit by a train.
Lindy Lou wins the Gold Cup but only due to a distraction in crowd as Joy hits a policeman to ensue a whistle is blown. He is arrested and recognises the distinctive shoes of Haines of Scotland Yard as the ringleader of the crooks.
In June 1955 it was announced producer Raymond Stross had signed Frankie Howerd to a six picture contract, of which Jumping for Joy was to be the first. "I see Howerd as a young English Fernandel," said Stross. Howerd subsequently made A Touch of the Sun (1956) for Raymond Stross, although that was not made through the Rank Organisation.
The film was reported to have been specifically written for Howerd. However the film had been originally offered to Tony Hancock who turned it down (he had also turned down The Big Money.) It was one of several attempts by Rank to find a comedian to match the success of Norman Wisdom.
Filming took place at Pinewood in September 1955.
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Jumping for Joy
Jumping for Joy is a 1956 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway, Joan Hickson and Lionel Jeffries. It was written by Henry Blyth and Jack Davies. It tells of the comic adventures of an ex-worker at a greyhound racing track.
Willie Joy works at a greyhound track as a cleaner, which involves picking up droppings from the dog track between races. He is tricked into standing in the line of the lure and falls on it as it speeds past with the dogs chasing it. He is fired.
Breeder Bert Benton has a sick dog and sells it to Joy who takes it home. His landlady evicts him. He meets con-man "Captain" Jack Montague and together they hatch a plan to make money from the dog, whom they name "Lindy Lou". Nursed back to health, Lindy starts to prove herself at racing trials. Benton wants to buy her back.
Crooks use Joy as an unwitting collaborator in fixing races and placing large bets. They pass doped meat for the dog but Joy and Montague eat it themselves. The crooks find them asleep but cannot find the dog. They detach Montague's railway carriage home and move it onto an active railway line. When they awake they are told they are near Doncaster. The dog is rescued just before the carriage is hit by a train.
Lindy Lou wins the Gold Cup but only due to a distraction in crowd as Joy hits a policeman to ensue a whistle is blown. He is arrested and recognises the distinctive shoes of Haines of Scotland Yard as the ringleader of the crooks.
In June 1955 it was announced producer Raymond Stross had signed Frankie Howerd to a six picture contract, of which Jumping for Joy was to be the first. "I see Howerd as a young English Fernandel," said Stross. Howerd subsequently made A Touch of the Sun (1956) for Raymond Stross, although that was not made through the Rank Organisation.
The film was reported to have been specifically written for Howerd. However the film had been originally offered to Tony Hancock who turned it down (he had also turned down The Big Money.) It was one of several attempts by Rank to find a comedian to match the success of Norman Wisdom.
Filming took place at Pinewood in September 1955.