Keep It Up Downstairs

Keep It Up Downstairs
Keep It Up Downstairs
Directed by	Robert Young
Written by	Hazel Adair
Produced by	Hazel Adair ; Mark Forstater
Starring	Diana Dors ; Jack Wild ; William Rushton
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by	Michael Nyman
Production; company	Pyramid Films
Distributed by	Thorn EMI
Release date	29 July 1976
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Keep It Up Downstairs is a 1976 British period sex comedy film, directed by Robert Young and starring Diana Dors, Jack Wild and William Rushton. Alternative titles for the film include Can You Keep It Up Downstairs? and My Favorite Butler.^[1]

The film follows the adventures of the sex-crazed inhabitants of the bankrupt Cockshute Castle in 1904, and the attempts of Lord and Lady Cockshute to find a rich wife for their uninterested inventor son Peregrine. A version exists with hardcore inserts; these were shot with body doubles for the main stars.^[2] It was shot at Elstree Studios and on location at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire.

Cast[]

Diana Dors as Daisy Dureneck
Jack Wild as Peregrine Cockshute
William Rushton as Snotty Shuttleworth
Aimi MacDonald as Christabelle St. Clair
Françoise Pascal as Mimi
Neil Hallett as Percy Hampton
Mark Singleton as Lord Cockshute
Julian Orchard as Bishop
Simon Brent as Rogers
Sue Longhurst as Lady Cockshute
John Blythe as Francis Dureneck
Carmen Silvera as Lady Bottomley
Seretta Wilson as Betsy-Ann Dureneck
Anthony Kenyon as Mellons
Olivia Munday as Lady Kitty Cockshute
Sally Harrison as Maud
Mary Millington as Polly

Crew[]

Jacquemine Charrott Lodwidge, art director

Production[]

It was one of a number of British sex comedies featuring Diana Dors.^[3] It also contains the first score by Michael Nyman in a commercially released film.

References[]

^ "Keep It Up Downstairs", Keep It up Downstairs (1976), British Film Institute, archived from the original on 14 January 2009, retrieved 23 February 2013
^ Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books Ltd
^ Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.

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[BFI-1] "Keep It Up Downstairs", Keep It up Downstairs (1976), British Film Institute, archived from the original on 14 January 2009, retrieved 23 February 2013

[2] Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books Ltd

[bomb-3] Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.

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