Be My Guest (film)

Be My Guest
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Directed by	Lance Comfort
Screenplay by	Lyn Fairhurst
Story by	Lyn Fairhurst
Produced by	Lance Comfort
Starring	David Hemmings Steve Marriott
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Edited by	Sidney Stone
Music by	Shel Talmy
Color process	Black and white
Production companies	Three Kings Filmusic
Distributed by	The Rank Organisation
Release date	April 1965 (1965-04) (London)
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Be My Guest is a 1965 British musical film. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios, England. The film is notable for the appearances of Steve Marriott and Jerry Lee Lewis. It was released as a B movie to support the Morecambe and Wise feature film The Intelligence Men.^[1]

The film was a follow-up to the commercially successful Live It Up!.

Noted American rock music producer Shel Talmy coordinated the film's musical score.^[2]

Talmy also composed the title music which was performed by The Niteshades, who also appeared in the closing scene. The recording, released on CBS Records, reached no. 32 on pirate radio station Radio London's chart in the summer of 1965.

Cast

• David Hemmings as Dave
• Steve Marriott as Ricky
• John Pike as Phil
• Andrea Monet as Erica
• Ivor Salter as Herbert
• Diana King as Margaret
• Avril Angers as Mrs. Pucil
• Joyce Blair as Wanda
• David Healy as Hilton Bass (as David Healey)
• Tony Wager as Artie
• David Lander as Routledge
• Robin Stewart as Matthews
• Monica Evans as Dyllis
• Pamela Ann Davy as Zena (as Pamela Ann Davies)
• Douglas Ives as Steward
• Jerry Lee Lewis as Self
• The Nashville Teens as Themselves
• The Zephyrs as Slash Wildly and the Cuts Throats
• Kenny & The Wranglers as Rocky Steel and the Sparks (as Kenny And The Wranglers)
• The Niteshades as Themselves
• The Plebs as Themselves

Music performers

rest of cast listed alphabetically

• Ken Bernard Himself - singer (as Kenny and the Wranglers)
• John Carpenter Himself - drummer of The Zephyrs (as Slash Wildly and the Cut-Throats)
• Terry Crowe singer (as The Plebs)
• Mick Dunford guitarist (as The Plebs)
• John Hawken pianist (as The Nashville Teens)
• John Hinde bassist of The Zephyrs (as Slash Wildly and the Cut-Throats)
• Mike Lease organist of The Zephyrs (as Slash Wildly and the Cut-Throats)
• Jerry Lee Lewis with The Nashville Teens
• Danny McCulloch Himself - bassist (as The Plebs)
• The Nashville Teens
• John Peeby guitarist of The Zephyrs (as Slash Wildly and the Cut-Throats)
• Ray Phillips vocalist (with The Nashville Teens)
• Pete Shannon bassist (with The Nashville Teens)
• Arthur Sharp singer (with The Nashville Teens)
• Howard Roberts organist (with The Niteshades)
• Martin Davies bassist (with The Niteshades)
• Tony Lopez singer (with The Niteshades)
• Ricky King guitarist (with The Niteshades)
• Ed Sones singer (with The Niteshades)
• Keith Harvey drummer (with The Niteshades)

References

1. [1] Radio London
2. [2] Shel Talmy

External links

• Be My Guest at IMDb
• Be My Guest at the British Film Institute^{[better source needed]}