High Jinks in Society

{{Short description|1949 British film by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill}}

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| name = High Jinks in Society

| image = High_Jinks_in_Society_(1949_film).jpg

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| director = John Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill

| producer = John Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill

| writer = John Guillermin
Robert Jordan Hill

| narrator =

| starring = Ben Wrigley
Moore Marriott

| music = Arthur Wilkinson

| cinematography = Gerald Gibbs

| editing = Robert Jordan Hill
Anne Barker

| studio = Robert Jordan Hill Productions (as Advance)

| distributor = Adelphi Films Ltd. {{small|(UK)}}

| released = {{film date|df=y|1949|12||UK}}

| runtime = 78 min.

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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High Jinks in Society is a 1949 British comedy film directed by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill and starring Ben Wrigley, Barbara Shaw, Basil Appleby, Peter Gawthorne and Moore Marriott.{{Cite web |title=High Jinks in Society |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150006716 |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}

Plot

After foiling a robbery, a window cleaner is hired by an aristocrat to protect their valuables – with comic results.

Cast

Production

It was an early film credit for John Guillermin.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=John Guillermin: Action Man|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/john-guillermin-action-man/|date=17 November 2020}}{{cite book |last1=Pratt |first1=Vic|last2=Lees|first2=Kate |editor-last=Guillermin |editor-first=Mary |title=John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies |publisher=Precocity Press |date=2020 |pages=32–33 |chapter=CHAPTER 3 EARLY DAYS WITH ADELPHI FILMS}}

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