A Weekend with Lulu

A Weekend with Lulu

Directed by	John Paddy Carstairs
Produced by	Michael Carreras(executive producer) Ted Lloyd
Screenplay by	Ted Lloyd
Story by	Ted Lloyd Val Valentine
Starring	Bob Monkhouse Leslie Phillips Alfred Marks Shirley Eaton Irene Handl
Music by	Russ Conway
Cinematography	Ken Hodges
Edited by	James Needs Tom Simpson
Production company	Hammer Film Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	10 April 1961 (1961-04-10) (United Kingdom) 1 November 1961 (1961-11-01) (United States)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Weekend with Lulu is a 1961 British black and white comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips, Alfred Marks, Shirley Eaton and Irene Handl.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Young couple Timothy (Leslie Phillips) and Deirdre (Shirley Eaton) plan a romantic weekend on the coast in pal Fred’s (Bob Monkhouse) ice cream van and towed caravan, affectionately called “Lulu.” When Deidre’s mother (Irene Handl) insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone, Timothy’s plans are somewhat compromised. A ferry boat mix-up further complicates things, and lands the holidaymakers in France where they encounter a variety of irate Frenchmen.

Cast

Bob Monkhouse as Fred Scrutton
Leslie Phillips as Timothy Gray
Alfred Marks as Comte de Grenoble
Shirley Eaton as Deirdre Proudfoot
Irene Handl as Florence Bell
Sid James as Café Patron
Kenneth Connor as British Tourist
Sydney Tafler as Stationmaster
Eugene Deckers as Inspector Larue
Graham Stark as Chiron
Tutte Lemkow as Postman Léon
Judith Furse as Madame Bon-Bon
Denis Shaw as Bar Patron

Critical reception

Britmovie called it a "Breezy farce spiced with Gallic wisecracks...Bob Monkhouse, Leslie Phillips and Alfred Marks play off each other energetically, whilst Irene Handl is wonderful as the interfering busybody."^[3] and TV Guide gave it two out of four stars, calling it "An enjoyable comedy."^[4]

References

External links

A Weekend with Lulu on IMDb

Films directed by John Paddy Carstairs

Paris Plane (1933)
Holiday's End (1937)
Double Exposures (1937)
Night Ride (1937)
Missing, Believed Married (1937)
Incident in Shanghai (1938)
Lassie from Lancashire (1938)
The Saint in London (1939)
Meet Maxwell Archer (1940)
The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
Spare a Copper (1940)
He Found a Star (1941)
Dancing with Crime (1947)
Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948)
Fools Rush In (1949)
The Chiltern Hundreds (1949)
Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
Talk of a Million (1951)
Treasure Hunt (1952)
Made in Heaven (1952)
Top of the Form (1953)
Trouble in Store (1953)
Up to His Neck (1954)
One Good Turn (1955)
Man of the Moment (1955)
Jumping for Joy (1956)
Up in the World (1956)
Just My Luck (1957)
The Big Money (1958)
The Square Peg (1959)
Tommy the Toreador (1959)
Sands of the Desert (1960)
A Weekend with Lulu (1961)
The Devil's Agent (1962)

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)
The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)
Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)
Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)
The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)
See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Horror films	The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)
Thriller films	The Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)
Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)
Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)
Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)
Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)
Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)
Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)
Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)
War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)
See also	Hammer filmography

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