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 1964
"Are you mad Sir, what will they say at the Admiralty?!" "They'll only be jealous" |
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91
min Colour Cert A
| The Stars | |
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Bernard Cribbins Juliet Mills Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Donald Houston Percy Herbert Peter Gilmore Jim Dale Patrick Cargill Cecil Parker Ed Devereaux Jimmy Thompson Anton Rodgers Ian Wilson George Woodbridge |
Albert Sally Walter Captain Fearless Howett Angel Patch Carrier Spanish Govenor First Sea Lord Hook Admiral Nelson Hardy Ancient Carrier Ned/Clown |
| The Crew | |
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Producer Director Screenplay Music Cinematographer Editor |
Peter
Rogers Gerald Thomas Talbot Rothwell Eric Rogers Alan Hume BSc Archie Ludski |
Synopsis
This was the first in a new line for the Carry Ons, period costume
historical comedies. The frigate Venus of the
British Navy is their target but only a few of the regular cast members signed on board.
Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams), cesspit
cleaner, Walter (Charles Hawtrey) and a brief appearance by a sedan chair carrier (Jim
Dale) – in a very funny scene where Albert gets in to a sedan chair with no bottom
and so has to run along inside to get to his destination, - are the only regular faces you
will see.
Albert Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) is the main character of the film along
with Sally (Juliet Mills), who steals his uniform and masquerade
s as him to be taken on as
part of the crew. With pirates on
the high seas and the Spanish fleet threatening war, there is Carry On action aplenty.
Following a mock mutiny, Captain Fearless is cast adrift in a small boat with Albert, Sally and Walter. After almost dying of thirst and deciding who they were going to eat first, Albert bravely decides to swim for help and jumps over the side to find himself in water six inches deep proving one of the film’s biggest laughs. Victory is won by the Venus, when Walter heats some water and accidently sets the frigate on fire, causing a chain reaction which finds the castaways heroes of a battle they didn’t know they were fighting.
