Carry On Cruising

1962 89 min ★ 6.1 Comedy

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

Sidney James

Captain Wellington Crowther

Kenneth Williams

First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks

Kenneth Connor

Dr. Arthur Binn

Liz Fraser

Glad Trimble

Dilys Laye

Flo Castle

Esma Cannon

Bridget Madderley

Lance Percival

Wilfred Haines

Jimmy Thompson

Sam Turner

Ronnie Stevens

Drunk Passenger

Vincent Ball

Jenkins

Details

Director

Gerald Thomas

Screenplay

Norman Hudis

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Peter Rogers Productions

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

July 23, 2023

★ 6/10

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 l...