What is the duration of Light Up the Sky!?

The duration of Light Up the Sky! is 90 mins.

What is the original language of Light Up the Sky!?

The original language of Light Up the Sky! is English.

Who directed Light Up the Sky!?

Light Up the Sky! was directed by Lewis Gilbert.

Which studio made Light Up the Sky!?

Light Up the Sky! was produced by Criterion Films.

Light Up the Sky! 1960

Q: Does Light Up the Sky! have end credit scenes?

Light Up the Sky! does not have end credit scenes.

War

Romance

Comedy

Runtime

90 mins

Language

English

Friends at the front line, tripping over each other to survive! Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

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Studio

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Does Light Up the Sky! have end credit scenes?

No!

Light Up the Sky! does not have end credit scenes. You can leave when the credits roll.

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Benny Hill

Syd McCaffey

Dick Emery

Harry - Driver

Sheila Hancock

Theatre Act

Ian Carmichael

Lt. Ogleby

Sydney Tafler

Ted Green

Fred Griffiths

Mr Jennings

Tommy Steele

Eric McCaffey

Cyril Smith

'Spinner' Rice

Victor Maddern

Lance Bombardier Tomlinson

Harry Locke

Roland Kenyon

Cardew Robinson

Compere

Johnny Briggs

Leslie 'Smithy' Smith

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In 1942, during the Second World War, Lieutenant Ogleby Ian Carmichael is in command of a searchlight and anti-aircraft unit stationed somewhere in England. Ogleby visits only occasionally to check up on the unit. In his absence Lance Bombardier Tomlinson Victor Maddern is in charge, but he struggles to maintain some kind of order and he frequently turns a blind eye to the lack of discipline and even their local thieving.

Camp comic Syd McGaffey Benny Hill tries to keep up with the romantic antics of his younger brother Eric McGaffey Tommy Steele, who returns from a short leave and announces that he has got married. He soon takes up with a local girl and gets her pregnant, falling foul of her father. Ted Green Sydney Tafler is a widower with a son serving overseas, and he eagerly maintains a correspondence with him. Leslie ‘Smithy’ Smith Johnny Briggs is lovesick and unhappy over a misunderstanding with his girlfriend and eventually goes AWOL to get to see her. Roland Kenyon Harry Locke is the unit’s cook and a father of six children. He has ambitions to get a posting to a catering unit.

One night, they illuminate a German airplane. The plane is hit and dives toward their searchlight. It overshoots and crashes, but Leslie Smith Johnny Briggs is killed while shooting at it.

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