I'm All Right Jack (1959)
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Set in the 1950s in Britain, this award-winning social comedy by director and co-writer John Boulting features Ian Carmichael as the inept Stanley Windrush, a hopeless twit with -- we are to believe -- an Oxford degree. Unlike others in his social circle, Stanley wants to work. When he tries out for… More Set in the 1950s in Britain, this award-winning social comedy by director and co-writer John Boulting features Ian Carmichael as the inept Stanley Windrush, a hopeless twit with -- we are to believe -- an Oxford degree. Unlike others in his social circle, Stanley wants to work. When he tries out for jobs in industry with the full expectation of working his way into a management position, he sets off disasters and alienates his interviewers. So his uncle gives him a job in his munitions factory, knowing what an idiot he is, and relying on him to eventually cause a strike (the uncle needs this for his own reasons). Fred Kite (Peter Sellers in a performance that would launch him as an international star) takes Stanley under his wing yet that does not exactly turn out as expected either. Stanley screws up by accidentally being too efficient, and the entire British work force is affected. If one can accept a portrayal of factory workers as shiftless men unwilling to work, and managers as good 'ole boys whose jobs are gained only by networking, then this film will be all the more entertaining. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Boulting
- Written By
- John Boulting
- Genres
- Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1959 Wide
- On DVD
- Jan 21, 2003
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
An intermediary work, one foot in Ealing gentility, the other in the abrasion of Anderson, Reisz, et al.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a mostly forgotten work today, despite its all right construction and the funny performance by a restrained Sellers.
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Mark Bourne, DVDJournal.com
...the Boulting brothers' acerbic satire I'm All Right Jack (1959) is a merciless and hilarious dagger thrown at both Labor and Management, two opposing factions each rotten with exclusive self-interest.
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Splendid Boulting Brothers satire with a great Peter Sellers performance.
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Cast
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Ian Carmichael
as Stanley Windrush
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Peter Sellers
as Fred Kite, Sir John Kennaway
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Terry-Thomas
as Maj. Hitchcock
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Richard Attenborough
as Sidney de Vere Cox
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Dennis Price
as Bertram Tracepurcel
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Margaret Rutherford
as Aunt Dolly
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Irene Handl
as Mrs. Kite
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Liz Fraser
as Cynthia Kite
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Miles Malleson
as Mr. Windrush
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Marne Maitland
as Mr. Mohammed
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John Le Mesurier
as Waters
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Raymond Huntley
as Magistrate
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Victor Maddern
as Knowles
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Kenneth Griffith
as Dai
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Fred Griffiths
as Charlie
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Sam Kydd
as Shop Steward
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Cardew Robinson
as Shop Steward
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Bruce Wightman
as Shop Steward
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Martin Boddey
as Num Yum's Executive
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Brian Oulton
as Board Examiner
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Malcolm Muggeridge
as TV Panel Chairman
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John Glyn-Jones
as Detto Executive
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Maurice Colbourne
as Missiles Director
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Michael Ward
as Reporter
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Stringer Davis
as Reporter
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Esma Cannon
as Spencer
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Terry Scott
as Crawley
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Wally Patch
as Workman
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Alun Owen
as TV Producer
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Muriel Young
as TV Announcer
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Frank Phillips
as BBC Announcer
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David Lodge
as Card Player
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Keith Smith
as Card Player
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Kenneth J. Warren
as Card Player
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Basil Dignam
as Minister of Labor
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Harry Locke
as Trade Unior Official
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Michael Bates
as Booter
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Robert Bruce
as Reporter
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John Comer
as Shop Steward
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Donal Donnelly
as Perce Carter
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E.V.H. Emmett
as Narrator
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Eynon Evans
as Truscott
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Margaret Lacey
as Empire Loyalist
- Edie Martin
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Ronnie Stevens
as Hopper
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Marianne Stone
as TV Receptionist
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John Van Eyssen
as Reporter
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Alan Wilson
as Union Jack Workman
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Ian Wilson
as Evangelist
- Robert Young
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William Peacock
as Photographer
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George Selway
as Union Jack Workman
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Pauline Winter
as Miss Forsdyke
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Roy Purcell
as Police Inspector
- Arthur Skinner
- Jeremy White