Raising a Riot

1955
U
1h 30m

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Tony Kent returns home after 3 years in the Navy to find his children are strangers. After his wife is suddenly called away, Tony takes his brood to his father's windmill home where he tries... Read allTony Kent returns home after 3 years in the Navy to find his children are strangers. After his wife is suddenly called away, Tony takes his brood to his father's windmill home where he tries to bond with Peter, Anne and Fusty.Tony Kent returns home after 3 years in the Navy to find his children are strangers. After his wife is suddenly called away, Tony takes his brood to his father's windmill home where he tries to bond with Peter, Anne and Fusty.

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6.7/10

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Kenneth More

Tony Kent

Shelagh Fraser

Mary Kent
(as Shelagh Frazer)

Mandy Miller

Anne Kent
(as Mandy)

Gary Billings

Peter Kent

Fusty Bentine

Fusty Kent

Ronald Squire

Grampy

Olga Lindo

Aunt Maud

Lionel Murton

Harry

Mary Laura Wood

Jacqueline

Jan Miller

Nora Nicholson

Miss Pettigrew

Anita Sharp-Bolster

Mrs. Buttons
(as Anita Bolster)

Michael Bentine

The Professor

Dorothy Dewhurst

Mary's Mother

Robin Brown

Junior

Bill Booth

Stand-in
(as Boy Boot)

Jed Brown

Child at Party
(uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain

Policeman
(uncredited)

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Trivia
When the Kent family return to their town house, Fusty (played by Fusty Bentine) is holding a toy Bumbly. Fusty was the real-life daughter of Michael Bentine (who plays The Professor), creator, writer, and star of the 1954 children's television series The Bumblies.

Connections
Featured in Frances Farmer Presents: Raising a Riot (1964)

Soundtracks
Boys and Girls Come Out to Play
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Bruce Montgomery

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Forgotten family fun classic

I saw this rare film theatrically on a re-release in the late 1960's and loved it. Well, I was about the same age as the boy in the film, so I really connected to the characters. I remember the wonderful vivid colour photography and overall fun story of a family (without mom) having multiple disasters on holiday in an old windmill. I think I may have seen this on BBC TV once in the 1970's, but that was it. The film appears to have completely disappeared. I wonder why? Anyway, I recommend it if you ever have a chance to see it. Kenneth More delivers as always, as does the entire cast. I do have an unofficial DVD from an old VHS copy of an old VHS recording and can only dream of seeing it properly again remastered in HD.