Upstairs, downstairs, and all around Cockshute Castle, everyone’s after a good time—and a fortune.
KEEP IT UP DOWNSTAIRS
What the butler did... and did... and did...
When Cockshute Towers is threatened with bankruptcy, its oversexed inhabitants attempt various money-making schemes.
Quick Answer
Keep It Up Downstairs is a 1976 United Kingdom comedy film directed by Robert Young about the oversexed inhabitants of Cockshute Castle who, faced with bankruptcy, hatch money-making schemes involving marriage and a newly invented thin india rubber membrane.
Programmer's Pick
If you like your period pieces with a side of saucy puns and more bedroom shenanigans than Downton Abbey ever dared, Cockshute Castle delivers. Between the not-so-subtle inventions and the parade of naughty nobles and servants, decorum is out and double entendres are in.
— SassyFlix Programmer
Overview
Details & Specs
- Director
- Robert Young
- Writer
- Hazel Adair
- Release
- 1976
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Genres
- Comedy
- Also Known As
- A votre service madame, Purché si faccia con gusto, El decapendón, Wer tobt denn da im Unterhaus?
Why This Matters
This 1976 British period sex comedy features Diana Dors, Jack Wild, and William Rushton, and was written by Hazel Adair, highlighting the era's trend of bawdy comedies and the involvement of notable British talent in the genre.
Cast & Crew
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Why Cult
The film lampoons upstairs-downstairs British drama with a bawdy, sex-fueled twist set in a crumbling castle.
The son's thin india rubber membrane invention adds a distinctively cheeky plot device to the bedroom antics.
Features a cast of familiar faces like Jack Wild, Diana Dors, and Mary Millington, all getting in on the risqué action.
Winks at the conventions of both erotic comedies and British class divides with plenty of nudity and sex puns.
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Questions from the Vault
When was Keep It Up Downstairs released? +
Keep It Up Downstairs was released in 1976.
Who directed Keep It Up Downstairs? +
Keep It Up Downstairs was directed by Robert Young.
How long is Keep It Up Downstairs? +
Keep It Up Downstairs has a runtime of 94 minutes.
What genre is Keep It Up Downstairs? +
Keep It Up Downstairs is a comedy film.
