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Comedy

Carry On Cruising

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Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.

Release Date : 1962-03-12

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Peter Rogers Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Sid James

Character Name : Captain Wellington Crowther

Original Name : Sid James

Gender : Male

Kenneth Williams

Character Name : First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks

Original Name : Kenneth Williams

Gender : Male

Kenneth Connor

Character Name : Doctor Arthur Binn

Original Name : Kenneth Connor

Gender : Male

Liz Fraser

Character Name : Glad Trimble

Original Name : Liz Fraser

Gender : Female

Dilys Laye

Character Name : Florence 'Flo' Castle

Original Name : Dilys Laye

Gender : Female

Esma Cannon

Character Name : Bridget Madderley

Original Name : Esma Cannon

Gender : Female

Lance Percival

Character Name : Wilfred Haines, Ship's Cook

Original Name : Lance Percival

Gender : Male

Jimmy Thompson

Character Name : Sam Turner, Barman

Original Name : Jimmy Thompson

Gender : Male

Ronnie Stevens

Character Name : Drunk Passenger

Original Name : Ronnie Stevens

Gender : Male

Vincent Ball

Character Name : Jenkins

Original Name : Vincent Ball

Gender : Male

Ed Devereaux

Character Name : Young Officer

Original Name : Ed Devereaux

Gender : Male

Brian Rawlinson

Character Name : Nervous Steward

Original Name : Brian Rawlinson

Gender : Male

Anton Rodgers

Character Name : Young Man

Original Name : Anton Rodgers

Gender : Male

Cyril Chamberlain

Character Name : Tom Tree

Original Name : Cyril Chamberlain

Gender : Male

Willoughby Goddard

Character Name : Large Man

Original Name : Willoughby Goddard

Gender : Male

Anthony Sagar

Character Name : Cook

Original Name : Anthony Sagar

Gender : Male

Terence Frisby

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : Terence Frisby

Gender : Male

Mario Fabrizi

Character Name : Second Cook

Original Name : Mario Fabrizi

Gender : Male

Marian Collins

Character Name : Bride

Original Name : Marian Collins

Gender : Female

Jill Mai Meredith

Character Name : Shapely Miss

Original Name : Jill Mai Meredith

Gender : Male

Alan Casley

Character Name : Sailor

Original Name : Alan Casley

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-07-23

You have to feel for poor old "Capt. Crowther" (Sid James) when he discovers that half of his crew have gone down with something and their replacements don't even know what ocean they are sailing in. His problems don't stop there as the SS "Happy Wanderer" has a clientele that would probably have made the "Titanic" iceberg jump out of the way. As ever, it's Esma Cannon who steals the show as the lively, doddery, "Miss Madderley", but there are also some fine contributions from Liz Fraser; Ronnie Stevens - always pickled - and Kenneth Williams as the hapless second-in-command. The jokes are all the usual round of nautical, innuendo-ridden, quips (though I am not sure I heard "avast behind" in there) and the cast look like they are all enjoying themselves as the story plots it's predictable, but entertaining, course. Somehow I felt the "Carry On" films worked better in black and white, the humour pertained more to the past rather than the colour of the future, but this takes a swipe at all things cruising: snobbery, excess, boredom and the middle classes who tended to occupy the cabins when not getting blotto on cocktails they had never heard of - and it does it quite well. It's a chortle, not a laugh out enterprise and is anchored well by some pithy writing and Messrs. James and Williams.