Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a
1967The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
British film made based on the novel of the same name by
Hunter DaviesEdward Hunter Davies is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known for writing the only authorised biography of The Beatles.- Early life :...
. It was listed to compete at the
1968 Cannes Film FestivalThe 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to May 1968 in France.- Jury :*André Chamson *Monica Vitti *Claude Aveline *Boris von Borrezholm *Veljko Bulajić...
, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The film starred Barry Evans,
Judy GeesonJudith Amanda 'Judy' Geeson is a British actress.-Early life:Geeson was born in Arundel, Sussex, England on 10 September 1948. She came from a middle class family; her father edited the National Coal Board magazine. Her sister, Sally Geeson, is also an actress and is known for her roles in British...
and
Angela ScoularAngela Scoular is an English actress.She is one of a small group of actors to have appeared in two James Bond films – made by different production companies...
and was directed by
Clive DonnerClive Donner is a British film director who started his career in the mid-1950s after working as a film editor...
.
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal
sixth-formerThe sixth form , in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Malta is the final two years of secondary schooling when students are sixteen to eighteen years of age and normally prepare...
in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters - Mary, Linda, Paula and Caroline.
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush is a
1967The year 1967 in film involved some significant events. It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film.-Events:*December 26 - The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour airs on British television....
British film made based on the novel of the same name by
Hunter DaviesEdward Hunter Davies is a prolific British author, journalist and broadcaster, perhaps best known for writing the only authorised biography of The Beatles.- Early life :...
. It was listed to compete at the
1968 Cannes Film FestivalThe 21st Cannes Film Festival was held on May 10 - 24, 1968, before being cancelled due to May 1968 in France.- Jury :*André Chamson *Monica Vitti *Claude Aveline *Boris von Borrezholm *Veljko Bulajić...
, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France.
The film starred Barry Evans,
Judy GeesonJudith Amanda 'Judy' Geeson is a British actress.-Early life:Geeson was born in Arundel, Sussex, England on 10 September 1948. She came from a middle class family; her father edited the National Coal Board magazine. Her sister, Sally Geeson, is also an actress and is known for her roles in British...
and
Angela ScoularAngela Scoular is an English actress.She is one of a small group of actors to have appeared in two James Bond films – made by different production companies...
and was directed by
Clive DonnerClive Donner is a British film director who started his career in the mid-1950s after working as a film editor...
.
Plot summary
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal
sixth-formerThe sixth form , in the English, Welsh and Northern Irish education systems, Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Belize, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Malta is the final two years of secondary schooling when students are sixteen to eighteen years of age and normally prepare...
in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters - Mary, Linda, Paula and Caroline. He tries to seduce the girls of his dreams in the swinging sixties.
Cast
- Barry Evans - Jamie McGregor
- Judy Geeson
Judith Amanda 'Judy' Geeson is a British actress.-Early life:Geeson was born in Arundel, Sussex, England on 10 September 1948. She came from a middle class family; her father edited the National Coal Board magazine. Her sister, Sally Geeson, is also an actress and is known for her roles in British...
- Mary Gloucester
- Angela Scoular
Angela Scoular is an English actress.She is one of a small group of actors to have appeared in two James Bond films – made by different production companies...
- Caroline Beauchamp
- Sheila White
Sheila White is an English actress and West End musical star.- Early career :White began her career at the age of twelve in the pantomime Cinderella at the Golders Green Hippodrome starring Arthur Askey as a member of Terry's Juveniles...
- Paula
- Adrienne Posta
Adrienne Posta is an English film and TV actress who was most prominent during the 1960s and 1970s. . She also made several records under the name of Adrienne Poster...
- Linda
- Vanessa Howard - Audrey
- Diane Keen
Diane Keen is an English actress.Keen is possibly best known for her starring role as Julia Parsons in the British TV drama Doctors, since 2003.-Personal life:Diane is currently divorced, but she has had two marriages...
- Claire
- Moyra Fraser
Moyra Fraser is an Australian-born British actress who is best known for playing Penny in the long-running sitcom As Time Goes By. Her sister was the actress Shelagh Fraser-Early life:...
- Mrs. McGregor
- Michael Bates
Michael Bates may refer to:* Michael Bates , British actor born in Jhansi, India* Michael Bates , sprinter and American football kick returner...
- Mr. McGregor
- Maxine Audley
Maxine Audley was an English theatre and film actress. She made her professional stage debut in July 1940 at the Open Air Theatre. Throughout her career, Audley performed with both the Old Vic company and the Royal Shakespeare Company multiple times...
- Mrs. Beauchamp
- Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits.. Today he is probably most known for his roles in the Indiana Jones movies as Dr. Marcus Brody.-Early life:...
- Mr. Beauchamp
- Christopher Timothy
Christopher Timothy is a Welsh actor, television director and writer.Timothy is possibly best known today for his role as James Herriot in All Creatures Great and Small; more recently he has starred as Dr...
- Spike
- Nicky Henson
Nicholas Victor Leslie "Nicky" Henson is an English actor who has portrayed many roles since 1963. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1977. He was born in London.-Early life:...
- Craig Foster
- Allan Warren
Allan Warren is an English society-photographer, writer and former actor.
He photographed many celebrities during the late 60s, 70s and into the 80s, such as members of the British Royal Family, influental politicians and artists in both music and literature as well as some of the most...
- Joe McGregor
- Roy Holder
Roy Holder is an English television actor who has appeared in various programmes including Ace of Wands, Z Cars, Spearhead, the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani and Sorry! His first notable appearance on the screen was in the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind...
- Arthur
Music
The film's title track "
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush" is a single by Traffic. It is the title song to the film Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush....
" was written and performed by
TrafficTraffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group influenced by The Beatles when releasing early pop singles , and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as keyboards,like the...
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The Spencer Davis Group (Winwood's previous group) also provided music and made a cameo appearance in the film.
Andy EllisonAndrew Ellison is a musician and vocalist best known as the frontman in John's Children, Jet and Radio Stars....
appears in the film with his song
It's Been a Long Time.
The music was released by MGM as soundtrack album in 1968. It is now available from
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