Raising the Wind (1961 film) Raising the Wind (1961 film) Raising the Wind is a 1961 British comedy film written by Bruce Montgomery and directed by Gerald Thomas. It starred James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser, Eric Barker and Sid James. It is set in an elite music school. "Raising the Wind" uses a cast of actors drawn from the "Carry On" and "Doctor" films that were popular at the time, although it is not an official member of either series. Mervyn, Malcolm, Harold, Miranda and Jill are music students at a London music school, the (fictional) London Academy of Music and
What a Carve Up! (novel) becomes reclusive, staying in his London flat watching videotapes of old films – in particular the 1961 British comedy "What a Carve Up!" starring Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton and Sid James. He emerges back into society, and resumes his interest in the project, following a visit from a neighbour, Fiona, seeking sponsorship for a 40-mile bicycle ride. The novel focuses by turns on the various figures in the Winshaw family: the lazy, hypocritical, populist tabloid newspaper columnist Hilary, the ambitious and ruthless career politician Henry, the brutal chicken and pork farmer Dorothy, the predatory art-gallery owner and art dealer Roderick