Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Directed by	Jerry Paris
Produced by	Walter Shenson
Written by	Max Wilk
Starring	Jerry Lewis Terry-Thomas Jacqueline Pearce Bernard Cribbins Patricia Routledge
Music by	David Whitaker
Cinematography	Otto Heller
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	July 12, 1968
Running time	99 minutes
Language	English

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River is a British made comedy film produced by Walter Shenson starring Jerry Lewis and was released on July 12, 1968 by Columbia Pictures. It was based on Max Wilk's novel of the same name with the original Connecticut locale moved to Swinging London and Portugal.

Plot

George Lester (Jerry Lewis) is an American living in England. His passion is get-rich-quick schemes, and they have caused financial and personal grief for him as his wife, Pamela (Jacqueline Pearce) is considering divorce if he continues with them.

Willy Homer (Terry-Thomas) is a conman who plans to help George raise some quick cash by selling plans for a drill to a group of Arabians. The plans, which were stolen, are smuggled to Lisbon with help from his accomplice, Fred Davies (Bernard Cribbins). As they are about to trade the plans they realize that a double-cross is in the works. A series of chases follow next, and eventually the plans are revealed to be defective, making them worthless to everyone.

Distraught, George finds comfort in his wife and promises to never embark on any more get-rich-quick schemes. That is, until Willy shows up at his door with another one!

Production

It was filmed between May 15 and June 30, 1967 and the director, Jerry Paris, has a cameo as the umpire at a baseball game.

This is Lewis' final film before the MPAA's film-rating system went in effect.

DVD release

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  July 8, 2003

External links

• Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the Water at Clown-Ministry.com