Jul 05, 1960
90 min
Full-HD

Light Up the Sky! (1960)

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

Category

Comedy War Romance

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Criterion Films

Ian Carmichael

Lt. Ogleby

Tommy Steele

Eric McCaffey

Benny Hill

Syd McCaffey

Sydney Tafler

Ted Green

Johnny Briggs

Leslie 'Smithy' Smith

Victor Maddern

Lance Bombardier Tomlinson

Dick Emery

Harry - Driver

Harry Locke

Roland Kenyon

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