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Light Up the Sky!
Light Up the Sky! (also known as Skywatch) is a 1960 British comedy drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Ian Carmichael, Tommy Steele and Benny Hill. The film also features Dick Emery in a minor role.
Plot
During the Second World War, Lieutenant Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) is the officer in charge of a number of soldiers assigned to a searchlight and gunnery unit, somewhere in England. Ogleby visits only occasionally to check up on the unit. In his absence Lance Bombardier Tomlinson (Victor Maddern) is in charge, but he struggles to maintain some kind of order over the other men and he frequently turns a blind eye to their lack of discipline and even their local thieving.
More details
author | Vernon Harris |
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director | Lewis Gilbert |
editor | Peter Tanner |
events | World War II |
genre | comedy-drama |
keywords | artillery awol fall father ted gunnery harry locke johnny briggs married misunderstand searchlight second world war sydney tafler victor maddern world war |
musicBy | Douglas Gamley |
producer | Lewis Gilbert |
publisher | Bryanston Films Continental Distributing |