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The Duke Wore Jeans

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Plot
Cast
Production
Songs
Soundtrack
Chart positions
References
External links

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Mike Pratt
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Michael Medwin
June Laverick
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The Duke Wore Jeans is a 1958 British film by producer Nat Cohen starring Tommy Steele and June Laverick. The songs for the film were released on a 10" LP and in compilation CDs.

Plot

The only son of the poor but aristocratic Whitecliffe family is to be sent to the nation of Natalla in order to sell the family's cattle to upgrade the nation's livestock. As a side benefit his parents hope he will marry the King's only daughter Princess Maria. Unknown to his family on Tony is secretly married to a commoner. Fate intervenes when drifter Tommy Hudson, who is the identical likeness of Tony comes to the Whitecliffe estate to seek work. Tony engages Tommy to impersonate him on his trip to Natalla accompanied by Cooper, the family's only servant.

Cast

Tommy Steele as Tony Whitecliffe / Tommy Hudson
June Laverick as Princess Maria
Michael Medwin as Cooper
Eric Pohlmann as Bastini - Prime Minister
Alan Wheatley as King of Ritallia
Noel Hood as Lady Marguerite
Mary Kerridge as Queen
Elwyn Brook-Jones as Bartolomeo
Ambrosine Phillpotts as Duchess Cynthia Whitecliffe
Clive Morton as Lord Edward Whitecliffe

Production

Steele was paid £20,000 plus 10% of the profits.^[1]

Songs

The songs in the film included:

"It's All Happening"
"What do You Do"
"Family Tree"
"Happy Guitar"
"Hair-Down, Hoe-Down"
"Princess"
"Photograph" (duet with June Laverick)
"Thanks A Lot"

All of the songs were written by Lionel Bart, Mike Pratt and Jimmy Bennett (a pseudonym of Tommy Steele).

Soundtrack

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart^[2]	1958	1

{{S-start}}{{S-bef|before = Pal Joey by Original Soundtrack}}{{s-ttl|title = UK Albums Chart number-one album| years = 26 April 1958 – 10 May 1958}}{{S-aft|after = My Fair Lady by Original Cast Album }}{{S-end}}

References

1. ^Andrew Caine [https://books.google.com/books?id=S1FVg61QpxEC&pg=PA117 Interpreting Rock Movies: The Pop Film and Its Critics in Britain], Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004p.117
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=35834|title=Chart Stats - Original Soundtrack - The Duke Wore Jeans|work=chartstats.com|accessdate=27 May 2011|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120728233312/http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=35834|archivedate=28 July 2012|deadurl=yes|df=dmy-all}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0051564|The Duke Wore Jeans}}

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