USA, UK, 1970
92m
35mm film, colour
mono, English
An American/British comedy film with a brief fantasy sequence directed by Jerry Lewis. It was a sequel to the non-genre Salt and Pepper (1968).
Plot Summary
When his English Lord brother is killed, Chris Pepper travels to Britain and impersonates him to find out who the killer is. In the late brothers house, among other oddities, are a Frankenstein-like figure and a vampire lurking in a secret room…
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Director: Jerry Lewis
Chrislaw-Trace-Mark/United Artists
Executive Producers: Sammy Davis Jr, Peter Lawford
Producer: Milton Ebbins
Script: Michael Pertwee
Director of Photography: Ernest Steward
Editor: Bill Butler
Music: Les Reed
Re-Recording Mixer: Gerry Humphreys
Make Up: George Frost
Special Effects: Terry Witherington
Production Designer: Jack Stevens
Locations: Eastnor Castle, Ledbury, England, UK
Studio: MGM British Studios Ltd, Borehamwood, England, UK
Cast
Peter Lawford (Chris Pepper/Lord Sydney Pepper)
Sammy Davis Jr (Charlie Salt)
John Wood (Figg)
Maggie Wright (Miss Tomkins)
Percy Herbert (Mander)
Allan Cuthbertson (Belton)
Dudley Sutton (Wilson)
Anthony Nicholls (Candler)
Edward Evans (Gordon)
Sydney Arnold (Tombs)
Moultrie Kelsall (priest)
Lucille Soong (Kim Lee)
Bill Maynard (Jenson)
Leslie Sands (Inspector Crook)
Glyn Owen (Dennis)
Cyril Luckham (magistrate)
David Trevena
Harry Carey Jr
Peter Cushing [scientist] *
Christopher Lee [vampire] *
Alternative Titles
Salt and Pepper II
Links
See also
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958)
Press
1976
Monthly Film Bulletin vol.43 no.512 (September 1976) p.11 (UK)
A turgid sequel to Salt and Pepper, every bit as unfunny as the earlier film but made even less palatable by the sticky sentimentality of the scene where Sammy Davis mourns the supposed death of his friend (“He really liked me”). Jerry Lewis tries hard – much too hard with the parody Western of the ending – and does bring off one nice gag when Sammy Davis, waiting to be shown into his imposing bedroom in the Scottish castle, looks up to see the door towering above him in Kafka-esque proportions, then enters for an awestruck exploration of the room timed to the strains of Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathusta. Otherwise the only points of interest are that Jerry Lewis returns once again to his obsession with doubles, and that he uses Sammy Davis as a sort of ventriloquist’s dummy for his own peculiar brand of mugging. – from a review by Tom Milne
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.16 p.60
- Castle of Frankenstein no.21 p.40
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.43 no.512 (September 1976) p.11 – credits, synopsis, review (by Tom Milne)
- Today’s Cinema no.9694 (7 July 1969) p.10 – note (Title change)
Books
- Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and Horror Cinema (2nd edition) by Mark A. Miller and David J. Hogan pp.195-198; 361-362 – note; credits
- The Christopher Lee Filmography by Tom Johnson and Mark A. Miller pp.210-212
- Christopher Lee: The Authorised Screen History by Jonathan Rigby pp.130, 131
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart pp.138-139
- Film Review 1971-72 by F. Maurice Speed (ed) p.231
- The Films of Christopher Lee by Robert W. Pohle Jr and Douglas C. Hart pp.137-138
- The Illustrated Vampire Movie Guide by Stephen Jones p.87 – credits, review
- The International Spy Guide 002 by Richard Rhys Davies p.668 – illustrated credits, note
- Peter Cushing: The Gentle Man of Horror and His 91 Films by Deborah Del Vecchio and Tom Johnson pp.244-246
