Skywatch
A comedy drama set in a WWII British Army Searchlight Squad. They are an odd bunch of misfits but somehow manage to get the job done.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 1960
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1960
Storyline
A comedy drama set in a WWII British Army Searchlight Squad. They are an odd bunch of misfits but somehow manage to get the job done.
Top credits
Ian Carmichael — Lt. Ogleby
Tommy Steele — Eric McCaffey
Benny Hill — Syd McCaffey
Sydney Tafler — Ted Green
Did you know
• Benny Hill was a searchlight operator in real life in Normandy, following his arrival there in September ,1944. He was stationed in the Third Light Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Battery.
• Iconic connection. An enlarged still from "Light up the Sky", showing, Benny Hill and Tommy Steele, can be seen in the montage of photos behind The Beatles, on the inside of the gate-fold sleeve, of their 1964 release "Beatles For Sale".
• The first feature film of Sheila Hancock.
See all trivia →User reviews
Odd mixes of laughs and seriousness
Reluctant Heroes.......
Interesting cast in stagey wartime light comedy
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
