Get On With It (1963) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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The marketing department of a pharmaceutical company decides to enlist a dentist to endorse it's brand of toothpaste although they would be struck off for doing so. They hire two recent graduates who find themselves tied into a contract they failed to read. Having decided that the product is rubbish, the graduates set about developing a new, better toothpaste which they consider worthy of being struck off for.

Cast & Crew

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C. M. Pennington-richards

Bob Monkhouse

Kenneth Connor

Shirley Eaton

Eric Barker

Col. J. J. Proudfoot/The Dean

Ronnie Stevens

Film Details

Also Known As

Dentist on the Job

Release Date

Jan 1963

Premiere Information

Los Angeles opening: 3 Apr 1963

Production Company

Bertram Ostrer Productions

Distribution Company

Governor Films

Country

United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 28m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Synopsis

Colonel J. J. Proudfoot, manager of Proudfoot Chemical Industries, is furious over the diminishing sales of his new toothpaste, "Dreem." Advertising executive Duff secures from his cousin, the dean of King Alfred's Dental College, the services of two recent graduates, David Cookson and Brian Dexter, to promote the sale of "Dreem." With the assistance of ex-convict Sam Field, a dental mechanic, they give free treatment to pretty factory girls, but the outraged Proudfoot threatens them with dismissal. The boys create "New Dreem," a dentifrice superior to its predecessor, which their employer thinks is a fraud. Spurred on by Jill Venner, the "Dreem" girl, Cookson poses as a U. S. senator and infiltrates a missile-launching site. He slips a tape recorded jingle advertising "New Dreem" into the satellite to replace a recorded message from the president, and the satellite is launched into a 7-year orbit. The toothpaste receives unprecedented publicity, and the colonel, delighted with its free promotion, promotes Cookson and Dexter.

Director

C. M. Pennington-richards

Cast

Bob Monkhouse

Kenneth Connor

Shirley Eaton

Eric Barker

Col. J. J. Proudfoot/The Dean

Ronnie Stevens

Richard Wattis

Reginald Beckwith

Ian Whittaker

David Glover

David Horne

Admiral Southbound

Charles Hawtrey

Roper, a chemist

Charlotte Mitchell

Richard Caldicot

Prison governor

Cyril Chamberlain

Mercy Haystead

Jeremy Hawk

Professor Lovitt

Michael Miles

Sheena Marshe

Lolita Roughage

Patrick Holt

Graham Stark

Valli Newby

Cheeky brunette

Keith Fordyce

Crew

Hazel Adair

Bill Alexander

Jack Atchelor

Camera Operator

Barbara Barnard

Albert Becket

Production Manager

Colin Brewer

Assistant Director

Pamela Carlton

Stephen Dade

Director of Photography

Archie Dansie

Chargehand Electrician

Jack W. Davies

Ernest Gasser

Georgio Gomelsky

2nd Assistant Editor

P. Harris

John Hemmington

Chargehand Props

Ken Jones

Michael Klaw

1st, 2d & 3d Assistant Director

Jill Langley

Bill Lenny

Terry Lens

Assistant Director

Tony Masters

Peter Melrose

Bob Monkhouse

Bertram Ostrer

Harry Parr

Laurie Ridley

Michael Round

1st Assistant Editor

Bridget Sellers

Wardrobe mistress

Tony Spratling

George Stephenson

Sound Recording

Geoffrey Tozer

Assistant art Director

J. Vincent

Ernie Webb

Sound Camera op

Hugh Woodhouse

Film Details

Also Known As

Dentist on the Job

Release Date

Jan 1963

Premiere Information

Los Angeles opening: 3 Apr 1963

Production Company

Bertram Ostrer Productions

Distribution Company

Governor Films

Country

United Kingdom

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 28m

Sound

Mono

Color

Black and White

Quotes

Trivia

The opening titles and a portion of the first scene of this movie appear on the Monty Python and the Holy Grail Special Edition DVD; a voice is eventually heard mumbling that it is the wrong movie, and Holy Grail starts instead.

Notes

Released in Great Britain in 1961 as Dentist on the Job; running time: 88 min.

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