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Carry On Cruising

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6.1/10 • 65

1962-03-121h 29m

Comedy

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.

Directors
Gerald Thomas, Ralph Thomas
Editors
John Shirley

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Sid James

    Sid James

    Captain Wellington Crowther

  2. Kenneth Williams

    Kenneth Williams

    First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks

  3. Kenneth Connor

    Kenneth Connor

    Doctor Arthur Binn

  4. Liz Fraser

    Liz Fraser

    Glad Trimble

  5. Dilys Laye

    Dilys Laye

    Florence 'Flo' Castle

  6. Esma Cannon

    Esma Cannon

    Bridget Madderley

  7. Lance Percival

    Lance Percival

    Wilfred Haines, Ship's Cook

  8. Jimmy Thompson

    Jimmy Thompson

    Sam Turner, Barman

  9. Ronnie Stevens

    Ronnie Stevens

    Drunk Passenger

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CinemaSerf

Jul 23, 2023

6/10

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.

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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