let ▁ ▁She ila ▁Coll ings ▁– ▁B ess ie ▁ ▁Geoff rey ▁Sum ner ▁– ▁Mag istr ate ▁Neil ▁Mc Car thy ▁– ▁Alf ▁( un cred ited ) ▁ ▁Also ▁st arring ▁The ▁Rub ettes , ▁M ud , ▁Ken ny , ▁Mac ▁and ▁K atie ▁K is so on , ▁Des mond ▁De k ker ▁and ▁Fox ▁as ▁themselves . ▁Music ▁hall ▁com ed ian ▁Joe ▁Baker ▁also ▁performs ▁as ▁himself . ▁ ▁Production ▁Side ▁By ▁Side ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁movie ▁directed ▁by ▁Australian ▁Bruce ▁Ber es ford , ▁who ▁had ▁previously ▁found ▁success ▁in ▁England ▁by ▁team ing ▁up ▁with ▁his ▁compat ri ot ▁Barry ▁Hum ph ries ▁for ▁the ▁b aw dy ▁comedy ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁Barry ▁McK en zie ▁( 1 9 7 2 ) ▁and ▁its ▁sequ el , ▁Barry ▁McK en zie ▁H olds ▁His ▁O wn ▁( 1 9 7 4 ). ▁Ber es ford ' s ▁bi ograph er ▁Peter ▁Cole man ▁wrote ▁that ▁Ber es ford ▁made ▁Side ▁By ▁Side ▁for ▁the ▁money ▁and ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁difficult ▁for ▁him ▁to ▁obtain ▁work ▁after ▁the ▁Barry ▁McK en zie ▁films . ▁The ▁movie ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁the ▁film ▁division ▁of ▁Laur ence ▁My ers ' ▁G TO ▁Records . ▁Produ cer ▁Dr um mond ▁Ch all is ▁had ▁worked ▁previously ▁with ▁Ber es ford ▁and ▁Hum ph ries ▁on ▁Barry ▁McK en zie ▁H olds ▁His ▁O wn . ▁ ▁Music ▁A ▁sound track ▁album ▁was ▁released , ▁featuring ▁Steph