Keep It Up Downstairs

Keep It Up Downstairs
Directed byRobert Young
Written byHazel Adair
Produced byHazel Adair
Mark Forstater
StarringDiana Dors
Jack Wild
William Rushton
CinematographyAlan Pudney
Edited byMike Campbell
Music byMichael Nyman
Production
company
Pyramid Films
Distributed byThorn EMI
Release date
  • 29 July 1976 (1976-07-29)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Keep It Up Downstairs (also known as Can You Keep It Up Downstairs? and My Favorite Butler), is a 1976 British period sex comedy film, directed by Robert Young and starring Diana Dors, Jack Wild and William Rushton.[1] It was written by Hazel Adair.

Plot

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.

Cast

Production

It was shot at Elstree Studios and on location at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. A version exists with hardcore inserts; these were shot with body doubles for the main stars.[2]

Music

The score was by Michael Nyman, his first for a commercially released film.

Critical response

Monthly Film Bulletin said "A joyless 'romp' that is soporifically heavy-handed with its phallic imagery and double meanings (endless references to "big ones" and "getting it off"), Keep It Up Downstairs bungles the tempting possibility of a ribald melange of Upstairs Downstairs and The Go-Between [1971] school of sensitive historical drama. The cast, required to bare breasts and buttocks at regular intervals, is able to make no headway against the inane script and consistently mistimed direction."[3]

References

  1. ^ "Keep It Up Downstairs". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. ^ Sheridan, Simon (2011). Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema. Titan Books Ltd
  3. ^ "Keep It Up Downstairs". Monthly Film Bulletin. 43 (504): 102. 1976 – via ProQuest.


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