The Cherry Picker

1974 British drama film

The Cherry Picker
Directed by	Peter Curran
Written by	Peter Curran (screenplay)
Based on	the novel Pick Up Sticks by Mickey Phillips
Starring	Lulu Bob Sherman Terry-Thomas Wilfrid Hyde-White Spike Milligan
Music by	Bill McGuffie
Release date	1972

The Cherry Picker, also known as The Quiet Life, is a 1972 British drama film directed by Peter Curran and starring Lulu, Bob Sherman, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Spike Milligan, Patrick Cargill, Jack Hulbert, Fiona Curzon, Terry-Thomas and Robert Hutton.^[1]

As of August 2014, the film was missing from the BFI National Archive; although inferior quality copies are still in circulation^[2] it is still listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films^[3] due to the loss of the original print.

Cast

Nancy - Lulu^[4]
James Burn III - Bob Sherman
Appleby - Terry-Thomas
Dobson - Wilfrid Hyde-White
Mr. Lal - Spike Milligan
Dr. Harrison - Patrick Cargill
Sir Hugh Fawcett - Jack Hulbert
Maureen - Fiona Curzon
James Burn II - Robert Hutton
Mrs. Trulove - Priscilla Morgan
Dan Haydock - Arthur Blake
Vicar - Barry Wilsher
Dr. Softman - Bruce Boa
Pilkington - Henry McGee
Mrs. Lal - Marianne Stone
Dubbed Voice of Nancy - Nikki van der Zyl

Production

The film was written, directed and produced by Curran.^[5]

References

^ "The Cherry Picker (1972)". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ "7 Amazing British Films That Are Lost Forever". Yahoo Finance. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
^ "BFI Most Wanted". BFI National Archives. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
^ Bret, David (8 August 2015). Brit Girls of the Sixties Volume Three: Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw & Lulu. Lulu Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1-291-79827-2.
^ Maxford, Howard (8 November 2019). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2914-8.