Catch Us If You Can (film)

This article is about the 1965 film. For other uses, see Catch Us If You Can (disambiguation).
"Having a Wild Weekend" redirects here. For the soundtrack album, see Having a Wild Weekend (album).

Catch Us If You Can
A poster bearing the film's U.S. title:
Having a Wild Weekend
Directed byJohn Boorman
Written byPeter Nichols
Produced byDavid Deutsch
Basil Keys
StarringDave Clark
Julian Holloway
Lenny Davidson
Rick Huxley
Mike Smith
Denis Payton
Barbara Ferris
CinematographyManny Wynn
Edited byGordon Pilkington
Music byThe Dave Clark Five
John A. Coleman
Basil Kirchin
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release dates
  • April 1965 (1965-04) (UK)
  • 18 August 1965 (1965-08-18) (US)
  • 16 May 1970 (1970-05-16) (German TV premiere)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Catch Us If You Can (U.S. title: Having a Wild Weekend in the U.S.; also known as The Dave Clark Five Runs Wild) is the 1965 feature-film debut of director John Boorman.[1][2] It was written by Peter Nichols. The film is a vehicle for pop band the Dave Clark Five, whose popularity at the time rivalled that of the Beatles, and it is named after their hit song "Catch Us If You Can".[3][4]

  1. ^ "Catch Us If You Can". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Catch Us If You Can (1965)". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.
  3. ^ Mark Deming. "Having a Wild Weekend (1965) - John Boorman - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Catch Us If You Can (1965)". screenonline.org.uk.