--- title: 'Idol on Parade (1959)' type: 'film' director: 'John Gilling' released: '1959-01-01' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Comedy' countries: - 'United Kingdom' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/idol-on-parade-1959' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052915/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Idol on Parade (1959) 1959 · 88 min · Comedy · United Kingdom ## Synopsis Idol on Parade is a 1959 British comedy film directed by John Gilling and starring William Bendix, Anthony Newley, Sid James and Lionel Jeffries. The screenplay was by John Antrobus, based on the 1958 William Camp novel Idle on Parade which was inspired by Elvis Presley's conscription into the US Army. It was produced by Irving Allen and Albert R. Broccoli for Warwick Films. Jeep Jackson serves his two years of compulsory National Service in the British military. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Gilling](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilling) - **Screenplay:** [John Antrobus](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-antrobus) - **Producer:** [Albert R. Broccoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-r-broccoli) - **Director of Photography:** [Ted Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-moore) ## Cast - [Percy Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/percy-herbert) - [Lionel Jeffries](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-jeffries) - [Rupert Davies](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-davies) - [Ian MacNaughton](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-macnaughton) - [William Bendix](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bendix) - [Harry Fowler](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-fowler) - [John Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wood) - [John Lodge Cowley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lodge-cowley) - [David Lodge](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lodge) - [Anthony Newley](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-newley) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/idol-on-parade-1959 Film facts: Wikidata (Q5989373); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.