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| Carry On Cruising | |
|---|---|
 Original UK quad poster | |
| Directed by | Gerald Thomas Ralph Thomas(uncredited) |
| Screenplay by | Norman Hudis |
| Story by | Eric Barker |
| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Starring | Sid James Kenneth Williams Kenneth Connor Liz Fraser Dilys Laye Esma Cannon Lance Percival |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume |
| Edited by | John Shirley |
| Music by | Bruce Montgomery Douglas Gamley |
| Distributed by | Anglo-Amalgamated |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 mins. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £140,000 or $500,000[1] |
Carry On Cruising is a 1962British comedy film, the sixth in theseries of 31Carry On films (1958–1992). It was based on an original story byEric Barker.P&O – Orient Lines were thanked in the credits. RegularsSid James,Kenneth Williams andKenneth Connor appear in the film, whereasJoan Sims andCharles Hawtrey do not. Sims took ill shortly before filming began and was replaced byDilys Laye, making herCarry On debut, at four days' notice. Hawtrey was dropped for demanding star billing, but returned for the next entry, making this the only entry during Hawtrey's 23-film run which he missed. Sims returned two years later inCarry On Cleo.Liz Fraser notches up the second of her four appearances here.Lance Percival makes his only appearance in the series inCarry On Cruising, playing the ship's chef, the role originally designated for Hawtrey. The Australian actorVincent Ball also makes his first, of two,Carry On appearances. This was the last film to have its screenplay written byNorman Hudis. This film was notable for being the first in the series to be filmed in colour. The film was followed byCarry On Cabby (1963).
Captain Crowther has five of his crew replaced at short notice before a new cruise voyage begins. Not only does he get the five most incompetent crew men ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too.
The SSHappy Wanderer is the cruise ship and after this voyage, Crowther hopes to get a job as captain on a transatlantic ship, promising the cruise crew members their jobs will be safe under the new captain. Setting off from England, theHappy Wanderer calls at unnamed ports inSpain, Italy and North Africa before heading home.
Single ladies Gladys and Flo take the cruise, Flo hoping to find a husband. Bridget is her usual dotty and entertaining self, and one unnamed passenger never disembarks but always goes straight to the bar to drink, to forget an unidentified woman. The crew and passengers settle in as the ship leaves port and head chef Wilfred Haines discovers he gets easily seasick.Mario Fabrizi makes a quick appearance as one of the cooks under Haines.Ed Devereaux, best known for the part of Matt Hammond in the Australian TV series 'Skippy', appears as a young officer.
Gladys and Flo fall for the PT instructor Mr. Jenkins but nothing comes of it, especially when Flo turns out to be hopeless in the gym. Meanwhile, the new men try to impress Crowther but disaster follows disaster with him getting knocked out and covered with food at a party.
Meanwhile, ship's doctor Dr. Binn has fallen for Flo, but she wants nothing to do with him, so he serenades her with a song after leaving Italy (Bella Marie), which she does not hear as she is asleep. Gladys, who has heard the song, realises that Flo is in love with Binn and with the help of First Officer Marjoribanks arranges a plot for Binn and Flo to get together. It works and the confident Binn finally confesses his feelings to a gobsmacked Flo, who returns his affections.
Crowther lets the five newcomers know that they have improved since the cruise began, simply by doing their jobs and not by trying to impress him. They learn that the captain has been in charge of theHappy Wanderer for ten years and decide to hold a surprise party for him, with the passengers. Haines bakes him a many-flavoured cake and the barman cables the former barman for the recipe of the captain's favourite drink, theAberdeen Angus.
The party goes well and Crowther gets his telegram telling him he has the captaincy of the new ship. He turns it down as he recognises it does not have the personal touch of a cruise ship, and prefers the company of his own crew.
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The film was the 12th most popular film at the British box office in 1962.[2] According toKinematograph Weekly the film was considered a "money maker" at the British box office in 1962.[3]