Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey (film) Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers. The film, directed by Jeremy Summers, was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, Billy Fury and Lita Roza as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near the home of Gerry and the Pacemakers' frontman Gerry Marsden. A scene on a ferry (the "Mountwood") on the River Mersey showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs
James Marsden a Comedy for his roles in "Enchanted" and "27 Dresses". In 2009, Marsden also played the male lead in the film "The Box", based on the 1970 short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson, which was earlier made into an episode of "The Twilight Zone". He starred opposite Cameron Diaz and reunited with "Superman Returns" co-star Frank Langella. In 2010, Marsden was cast in the comedy "Death at a Funeral" along with Chris Rock, Luke Wilson, Danny Glover, and Columbus Short, which was a remake of the 2007 British film of the same name. Marsden made an appearance on