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Carry On Cruising

"Carry On Cruising" (DVD)
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Produced by Peter Rogers
Written by Norman Hudis
Starring Sid James
Kenneth Williams
Kenneth Connor
Liz Fraser
Dilys Laye
Music by Bruce Montgomery
Cinematography Alun Hume
Editing by John Shirley
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date(s) 1962
Running time 89 min.
Country Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language English
Budget Probably Around £100,000 - £200,000
Preceded by Carry On Regardless
Followed by Carry On Cabby
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The article could be improved by integrating relevant items into the main text and removing inappropriate items. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Gerald Thomas (1920 - 1993) was a British film director. ... Peter Rogers (born 20 February 1914 in Rochester, Kent) is a British film producer. ... Norman Hudis (born 1923 in Stepney, England) is a writer for film and TV, he started his writing career on a local newspaper, the Hampstead & Highgate Express. ... Sid James Sid James (8 May 1913–26 April 1976) was a film and television actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kenneth Connor (1916-1993) Kenneth Connor, MBE (6 June 1916 – 28 November 1993) was a British comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for the Carry On films. ... Liz Fraser (born August 14, 1933) is a British actress, from London. ... Dilys Laye (born March 11, 1934) is a British actress. ... Edmund Crispin was the pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery (sometimes credited as Bruce Montgomery) (October 2, 1921—September 15, 1978) an English crime writer and composer. ... Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy that operated from the 1940s to the 1970s. ... // Events Dr. No launches the James Bond film series, the longest-running motion picture franchise of all time, running more than 40 years. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Carry on Regardless is the fifth Carry on // Plot Summary for Carry On Regardless The Helping Hands agency employs some very strange people to perform some very strange jobs! Even the simplest of tasks get bungled by the incompetent but lovable staff, as they get given jobs ranging from taking... Carry on Cabby is the seventh Carry On film. ...

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Carry On Cruising is the sixth Carry On film. The Carry On films were a long-running series of British low-budget comedy films, directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. ...

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Plot summary

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.


Cast overview

There have been several well-known people named Sidney James. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kenneth Connor (1916-1993) Kenneth Connor, MBE (6 June 1916 – 28 November 1993) was a British comedy stage, radio, film and TV actor, best known for the Carry On films. ... Liz Fraser (born August 14, 1933) is a British actress, from London. ... Dilys Laye (born March 11, 1934) is a British actress. ... Ed Devereaux (1925 - December 17, 2003) was an Australian actor, who was best known for playing the part of Matt Hammond in the Australian childrens television series Skippy. ... Anton Rodgers (born 10 January 1933, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire) is a British actor. ... Esma Cannon (December 3, 1892–October 18, 1972) was an Australian actress. ...

Trivia

  • Dilys Laye took over the role of Flo Castle at very short notice after the first choice, Joan Sims, was taken ill.
  • Carry On Cruising was the first film in the Carry On... series to be filmed in colour; Although the next few entries would alternate between black and white, and colour.
  • The S.S. Happy Wanderer was a life size mock-up, complete with all the features of a real cruise ship.
  • The role of Wilfred Haines was originally intended for Charles Hawtrey, but was re-written for Lance Percival after Hawtrey quit in a dispute with the producer over billing.
  • The set was at Pinewood Studios and was on hydraulics.

Irene Joan Marian Sims (May 9, 1930, Laindon, Essex - June 28, 2001) was a British actress. ... Charles Hawtrey appeared posthumously on the cover of the Smiths compilation The Very Best of The Smiths (2001). ... Lance Percival (born July 26, 1933) is a British actor, comedian and noted after dinner speaker born in Sevenoaks, Kent. ... The entrance to Pinewood Studios Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated approximately 20 miles west of London among the pine trees on what was the estate of Heatherden Hall, near the village of Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. ...

Filming dates

Filming dates - 8 January 1962 - 16 February 1962 January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


External links

 v • d • e Carry On films
Principal cast: Kenneth Williams | Joan Sims | Charles Hawtrey | Sid James | Kenneth Connor | Peter Butterworth | Bernard Bresslaw | Hattie Jacques | Jim Dale | Barbara Windsor | Patsy Rowlands | Jack Douglas | Terry Scott
Films: Sergeant • Nurse • Teacher • Constable • Regardless • Cruising • Cabby • Jack • Spying • Cleo • Cowboy • Screaming • Don't Lose Your Head • Follow That Camel • Doctor • Up the Khyber • Camping • Again Doctor • Up the Jungle • Loving • Henry • At Your Convenience • Matron • Abroad • Girls • Dick • Behind • England • That's Carry On! • Emmannuelle • Columbus
TV: Laughing • Christmas Specials   Unmade: Spaceman   Upcoming: London


 

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