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The Young Ones is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Sidney J. Furie with Cliff Richard

The Young Ones (1961)

The Young Ones
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Length 1h48
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Genres Comedy,    Musical
Rating58% 2.903792.903792.903792.903792.90379

For the Luis Buñuel English language film, see The Young One.





The Young Ones (US title: It's Wonderful to Be Young!) is a 1961 British film musical, directed by Sidney J. Furie and featuring Cliff Richard, Robert Morley as his character's father, Carole Gray as his love interest, and The Shadows as his band. The screenplay was written by Peter Myers and Ronald Cass, who also wrote most of the songs. Herbert Ross choreographed the dance scenes.

The film was produced by the Associated British Picture Corporation and shot at their Elstree Studios. It had its World Premiere on December 13th 1961 at the Warner Theatre in London's West End.

Synopsis

The story is about the youth club member and aspiring singer Nicky and his friends, who try to save their club in western London from the unscrupulous millionaire property developer Hamilton Black, who plans to tear it down to make room for a large office block.

Actors

Cliff Richard

(Nicholas 'Nicky' Black)Robert Morley

(Hamilton Black)Melvyn Hayes

(Jimmy)Richard O'Sullivan

(Ernest)Teddy Green

(Chris)
And :
Rita Webb
Gerald Harper
Sean Sullivan
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