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A Peter Rogers Production
Directed by Gerald Thomas |
1962
ColourScreenplay: Norman Hudis (based on a story by Eric Barker)
Music:
Bruce Montgomery
& Douglas Gamely
Certificate U
89 minutes |
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Captain
Crowther |
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Sid James |
| First Officer
Majorbanks |
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Kenneth
Williams |
| Doctor Binn |
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Kenneth
Connor |
| Glad Trimble |
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Liz Fraser |
| Flo Castle |
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Dilys Laye |
| Bridget
Madderley |
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Esma Cannon |
| Chef Wilfred
Haines |
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Lance
Percival |
| Sam Turner |
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Ronnie
Stephens |
| Jenkins |
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Vincent Ball |
| Tom Tree |
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Cyril
Chamberlain |
| Fat Man |
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Willoughby
Goddard |
| Young Officer |
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Ed Devereaux |
| Steward |
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Brian
Rawlinson |
| Young Man |
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Anton Rogers |
| First Cook |
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Anthony
Sagar |
| Second Cook |
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Mario
Fabrizi |
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"A life on the ocean wave with the Carry On crew! Sid James is the long-suffering Captain of the luxury cruise liner SS Happy Wanderer, a ship full of misfits who don't know their portholes from any other holes! It isn't long before the luckless passengers mix with the hopeless crew to raise titanic laughs on the ship of fools.
Carry On Cruising is the sixth Carry On film and the first in colour, and stars all the Carry On favourites including Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor and Lance Percival."
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The Story
Captain Crowther is in charge
of a cruise liner where the crew and passengers seem ideally matched;
they're both as inept as each other! The chef suffers from seasickness, the
doctor falls helplessly in love with one of the passengers and the first
officer sees the whole thing as beneath his not-so-obvious talents.
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Comments
The Carry Ons burst into colour
for the first time in one of the finest films of the series. In a plot
vaguely reminiscent of Carry On Sergeant, Williams, Connor et al farce
around while Captain Sid vainly tries to maintain control over both his ship
and his sanity. Charles Hawtrey's absence is barely noticed, thanks to
memorable performances by most of the team, especially newcomer Lance
Percival. The romance between Kenneth Connor and Dilys Laye is a bit stomach
churning, but Connor manages to inject some wry humour into the situation.
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