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Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1963 DVD Release: 09/27/2005 Format: DVD - Black and White - Closed Captioned Edition: Restored/Remastered Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 20 mins Studio: Guillotine Films Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Musical, Rock Musical, Backstage Musical

A handful of teenage rock and rollers are looking for their big break and they need it fast in this British pop-musical, which offers a look at the U.K. rock music scene in the days before the Beatles took it international. Dave Martin (David Hemmings) and his pals Phil (John Pike), Ron (Heinz Burt), and Ricky (Stephen Marriot) work as delivery boys for the post office during the day, but in their spare time they're members of a beat group called the Smart Alecks who are looking to get ahead. Dave's mother Margaret (Joan Newell) is supportive of Dave's interest in music, but his father Herbert (Ed Deveraux) thinks his son is wasting his time and money, especially after the band blows its savings cutting a demo tape of their best original song, "Live It Up." Herbert gives Dave one month to get his foot in the door of the music business, or else he'll force him to go look for a real job. Dave is sure the tape will score the Smart Alecks a record deal, especially after an accident at a movie studio while he's on a delivery puts his name in the papers, but as fate would have it, Dave misplaces the tape. As the Smart Alecks look for a new way to get the attention of a music biz bigwig, Jill (Jennifer Moss), Dave's girlfriend, thinks she might be able to use her job as a taxi dispatcher to help. Originally released in the United Kingdom as Live It Up, Sing and Swing features a brief appearance by first generation rock icon Gene Vincent, who sings the song "Temptation Baby" in a television studio, while legendarily eccentric producer Joe Meek coordinated the movie's musical score. Future Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore can be spotted sitting in with the group the Outlaws, while Stephen Marriot would soon shorten his first name to Stevie and become a pop star as a member of the Small Faces. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

David Hemmings - Dave Martin
John Pike - Phil
David Bauer - Mark Watson

An ambitious young band's shot at the big time is thwarted when they lose the only copy of their demo tape in director Lance Comfort's pop cinema classic starring David Hemmings, Heinz Burt, and Steve Marriott. With a once-in-a-lifetime chance to pitch their music to Kenny Ball and the producer of his upcoming movie "Don't Give Me that Jazz," the hard-rocking messenger boys are determined to find their tape and hit the big time. As a sea of auditioning musicians hoping to land a role in the film begin to flood in, the hapless rockers comb the streets in search of their surefire hit. With time running out and their chart-busting demo nowhere to be found, it's going to take a miracle to make their dreams of success finally come true. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide