Ferry Cross the Mersey
Directed by	Jeremy Summers
Produced by	Brian Epstein, Michael Holden
Written by	David Franden, Tony Warren (story)
Music by	George Martin
Cinematography	Gilbert Taylor
Editing by	John Victor-Smith
Release date(s)	1965
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Ferry Cross the Mersey is a musical film featuring Gerry & The Pacemakers.

The film, released in 1965 and directed by Jeremy Summers, is one of the more uncommon artifacts of the Mersey scene, shown very rarely on television and never issued on video. It was the first to be shot on location in Liverpool after the city's emergence into the music mainstream (which had previously seen only Frankie Vaughan, Russ Hamilton, and Billy Fury as stars). For authenticity, many scenes were shot in clubs near Gerry & The Pacemakers' frontman Gerry Marsden's home; a scene on a ferry (the 'Woodside') on the River Mersey showed the docks as a backdrop. Marsden wrote nine new songs for the film which also starred Julie Samuels, Cilla Black, Jimmy Savile, and The Fourmost.

The song "Ferry Cross the Mersey" was written by Gerry Marsden as the theme song for the film.

For the soundtrack, see Ferry 'Cross the Mersey (album)

[edit] External links

• Ferry Cross the Mersey at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/a-z/gerry-mersey.shtml