Carry On Cruising
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.
Director(s)
Gerald Thomas
Jack Causey
Ralph Thomas
Cast & crew
Peter Evans
Passenger (uncredited)
Jan Williams
Passenger (uncredited)
Marian Collins
Bride
Gerald Paris
Steward (uncredited)
Pat Ryan
Passenger (uncredited)
Kenneth Connor
Dr. Arthur Binn
Ronnie Stevens
Drunk Passenger
Liz Fraser
Glad Trimble
Lance Percival
Wilfred Haines
Aileen Lewis
Mrs. Lewis (uncredited)
Alan Harris
Passenger (uncredited)
Patrick Halpin
Passenger (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Passenger (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Passenger (uncredited)
Anton Rodgers
Young Man
Kenneth Williams
First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks
Alan Gibbs
Passenger (uncredited)
Aidan Harrington
Passenger (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Passenger (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Passenger (uncredited)
Gerald Thomas
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Sidney James
Captain Wellington Crowther
Dilys Laye
Flo Castle
Ian Wilson
Passenger (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar
Cook
Brian Rawlinson
Nervous Steward
Roy Everson
Officer (uncredited)
Renee Heimer
Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Causey
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Cecil Paul
Steward (uncredited)
Esma Cannon
Bridget Madderley
Cyril Chamberlain
Tom Tree
Joyce Adams
Passenger (uncredited)
Jill Mai Meredith
Shapely Miss
Ed Devereaux
Young Officer
Roy Beck
Passenger (uncredited)
Gordon Humphries
Passenger (uncredited)
John Smart
Passenger (uncredited)
Prunella Smith
Passenger (uncredited)
Alex Graham
Steward (uncredited)
Jack Hetherington
Passenger (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Young Officer (uncredited)
Bunny Seaman
Passenger (uncredited)
Jimmy Thompson
Sam Turner
Vincent Ball
Jenkins
Willoughby Goddard
Large Man
Terence Frisby
Passenger
Mario Fabrizi
Second Cook
Alan Casley
Sailor
Evan David
Bridegroom
Del Baker
Officer (uncredited)
Joe Beckett
Passenger (uncredited)
Roberto Cardinali
Dr. Arthur Binn (singing voice) (uncredited)
Norman Coburn
Wireless Operator (uncredited)
Jean Collins
Passenger (uncredited)
Ruth Harrison
Passenger (uncredited)
John Howard
Passenger (uncredited)
Jack Mandeville
Passenger (uncredited)
Ernie Priest
Passenger (uncredited)
Jon Rumney
Passenger (uncredited)
Emile Stemmler
Steward (uncredited)
John Timberlake
Chef (uncredited)
Ralph Thomas
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
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.
