Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
4.7
“The fun never sets on the British Empire!”
George Lester is a man who is chasing rainbows, looking for the pot of gold at the end. When his wife, Pamela grows tired of being dragged all over the world, she leaves him. While she is away, George converts her family home into a discotheque, when she returns, she threatens to send George to jail for fraud, cause she didn't give her approval. George needing some fast bucks, decides to turn to an old cohort of his, William Homer but Willy's a little short. George then decides to steal the plans to a new drill, Pamela's suitor, Dudley Heath is working on. But when George gets the mumps, he can't make it to the meeting place and refuses to give Willy the plans unless he gives him the cash first. And the buyers won't give unless they see the merchandise first.
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Cast
19 people
Jerry Lewis
George Lester
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Sally Geeson
Girl Guide
Alexandra Dane
Masseuse
Terry-Thomas
H. William Homer
Known for
Robin Hood
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Jacqueline Pearce
Pamela Lester
Known for
The Bourne Identity
Blake's 7
Bernard Cribbins
Fred Davies
Known for
Frenzy
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D.
Patricia Routledge
Lucille Beatty
Known for
Keeping Up Appearances
To Sir, with Love
Nicholas Parsons
Dudley Heath
Known for
The Benny Hill Show
Good Omens
Michael Bates
Dr. Spink
Known for
A Clockwork Orange
Frenzy
Marianne Stone
Air Passenger
Known for
Lolita
To Sir, with Love
Colin Gordon
Mr. Hartford
Known for
The Pink Panther
The One That Got Away
John Bluthal
Dr. Pinto
Known for
The Fifth Element
Dark City
Jerry Paris Director · Max Wilk Screenplay David Whitaker Composer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · United States release July 12, 1968 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,100,000
Production
Walter Shenson Films
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · July 12, 1968
Theatrical
Germany
August 22, 1968 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 15, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 1, 1968 · Theatrical
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