High Jinks in Society

High Jinks in Society (also known as High Jinx in Society) is a 1949 British comedy film directed, written and produced by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill and starring Ben Wrigley, Barbara Shaw, Basil Appleby, Peter Gawthorne and Moore Marriott.^[1]

High Jinks in Society
Directed by	John Guillermin Robert Jordan Hill
Written by	John Guillermin Robert Jordan Hill
Produced by	John Guillermin Robert Jordan Hill
Starring	Ben Wrigley Moore Marriott
Cinematography	Gerald Gibbs
Edited by	Robert Jordan Hill Anne Barker
Music by	Arthur Wilkinson
Production company	Robert Jordan Hill Productions (as Advance)
Distributed by	Adelphi Films Ltd. (UK)
Release date	December 1949 (1949-12) (UK)
Running time	78 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

After foiling a robbery, a window cleaner is hired by an aristocrat to protect their valuables – with comic results.

Cast

• Ben Wrigley as Ben
• Barbara Shaw as Angela
• Moore Marriott as Grandpa
• Basil Appleby as Hector
• Netta Westcott as Lady Barr-Nunn
• Michael Ward as Watkins
• Peter Gawthorne as Jenkins

Production

It was an early film credit for John Guillermin.^[2][3]

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "The picture never puts on airs, rather does it play down to its audience, but whichever way you look at it it's good honest, slapstick. The gags, which include an all-in wrestling burlesque and female impersonations, are surefire and good staging amplifies them."^[4]

Picturegoer wrote: "Crazy slapstick comedy set in the West End of London. It deals with the adventures – or rather misadventures – of a window cleaner turned detective. The role is played in amusingly goofy fashion by Ben Wrigley, who is helped out with music from the Radio Revellers and the Squadronaires. A conventional love interest is handled neatly by Jean Lodge and Basil Appleby. In the role of a grandfather is the late Moore Marriott. On the whole, sound, honest slapstick.^[5]