

Upstairs and Downstairs
1959-11-02 · 101 min · ★ 5.8
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Italian charmer who turns the place into a bawdy house. Then when Ingrid arrives from Sweden things actually start to get complicated.
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- Directors
- Ralph Thomas
- Production companies
- The Rank Organisation
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Michael CraigRichard Barry
Anne HeywoodKate Barry
Mylène DemongeotIngrid
Claudia CardinaleMaria
Barbara SteeleMary
James Robertson JusticeJames Mansfield
Eric PohlmannMario
Joan HicksonRosemary
Joan SimsBlodwen
Marie DevereuxItalian Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Oliver ReedTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Sidney JamesP.C. Edwards
Joseph TomeltyArthur Farringdon
Nora NicholsonEdith Farringdon
Daniel MasseyWesley Cotes
Austin WillisMcGuffey
Margalo GillmoreMrs. McGuffey
Reginald BeckwithParson
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