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.
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Gerald Thomas
Jack Causey
Ralph Thomas
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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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Carry On Cruising FAQs
The directors of Carry On Cruising are Gerald Thomas, Jack Causey, and Ralph Thomas.
The cast of Carry On Cruising includes Jan Williams as Passenger (uncredited), Marian Collins as Bride, Gerald Paris as Steward (uncredited), Kenneth Connor as Dr. Arthur Binn, Ronnie Stevens as Drunk Passenger, Liz Fraser as Glad Trimble, Lance Percival as Wilfred Haines, Aileen Lewis as Mrs. Lewis (uncredited), Alan Harris as Passenger (uncredited), Patrick Halpin as Passenger (uncredited), Pauline Chamberlain as Passenger (uncredited), Reg Thomason as Passenger (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Carry On Cruising is 1h 29 mins.
Carry On Cruising was released on 12 Mar 1962.
Carry On Cruising is listed under Comedy on Fanbiz.
Carry On Cruising has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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 ocea..."
