Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
Cinema poster
Directed byJerry Paris
Screenplay byMax Wilk
Based onthe novel
by Max Wilk
Produced byWalter Shenson
StarringJerry Lewis
CinematographyOtto Heller
Edited byBill Lenny
Music byDavid Whitaker
Production
company
Walter Shenson Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • 12 July 1968 (1968-07-12)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,100,000 (US/ Canada)
316,754 admissions (France)

Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Jerry Paris and starring Jerry Lewis, Terry-Thomas and Jacqueline Pearce. It was written by Max Wilk based on his 1961 novel of the same title, with the original Connecticut locale moved to Swinging London and Portugal. It was produced by Walter Shenson and released on 12 July 1968 by Columbia Pictures.