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Ferry Cross the Mersey is a 1965 musical film featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers.
The film, directed by Jeremy Summers, was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, Billy Fury and Lita Roza as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near the home of Gerry and the Pacemakers' frontman Gerry Marsden. A scene on a ferry (the Mountwood) on the River Mersey showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs for the film which also starred Julie Samuel, Cilla Black singing "Is it Love?", Jimmy Savile, and The Fourmost. Future Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen appeared in the film as an uncredited extra. Disc Jockey Steve Wright appeared in the crowd as a boy.
Writer David Franden was hired when Coronation Street creator Tony Warren proved unable to complete a script despite "downing bottles of whiskey".The song "Ferry Cross the Mersey" was written by Gerry Marsden as the theme song for the film.
Original Release
12/13/1964
US Release
02/10/1965
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gerry Marsden | Gerry |
Freddie Marsden | Fred / Freedie |
Leslie Maguire | Les |
Les Chadwick | Chad |
Julie Samuel | Dodie Dawson |
T.P. McKenna | Jack Hanson |
Mona Washbourne | Aunt Lil |
Eric Barker | Col. Dawson |
The Black Knights | Themselves |
Cilla Black | Self / Cilla Black |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gerry Marsden | Gerry |
Freddie Marsden | Fred / Freedie |
Leslie Maguire | Les |
Les Chadwick | Chad |
Julie Samuel | Dodie Dawson |
T.P. McKenna | Jack Hanson |
Mona Washbourne | Aunt Lil |
Eric Barker | Col. Dawson |
The Black Knights | Themselves |
Cilla Black | Self / Cilla Black |
The Blackwells | Themselves |
George A. Cooper | Mr. Lumsden |
Mischa De La Motte | Dawson's Butler |
Earl Royce and The Olympics | Themselves |
The Fourmost | Themselves |
Donald Gee | Art Student |
Gerry and the Pacemakers | Themselves |
Deryck Guyler | Trasler |
Andy Ho | Chinese Restaurant Manager |
Christine Ingram |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Brian Epstein | Executive Producer |
Leigh Aman | Producer |
Michael Holden | Producer |
Brian Epstein | Producer |