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
Kenneth Crawford 1943. After the War he was made General Officer Commanding British Forces in Greece, then in 1947 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff and in 1949 he became Controller at the Ministry of Supply. In 1952 he was made Chairman of the Royal Ordnance Factories Board of Management; he retired in 1953. He was also Chief Royal Engineer from 1958 to 1961. In retirement he became a Director of Westland Aircraft. Kenneth Crawford General Sir Kenneth Noel Crawford KCB MC (1895–1961) was a British Army General who reached high office in the 1940s. Crawford was commissioned