The Carry On crew in a luxury laughter-cruise"
"A captain must understand his men so I'm going to use a psychological approach. I don't claim to be a Jung man..." "So long as your Jung at heart, Sir."	UK DVD	UK Poster		UK Poster

 

Running Time - 88m	Colour		Certificate - U
Budget - £140,000		UK Release - April 1962
Shot - 8 January 1962 - 16 February 1962

Foreign Titles
Germany - The Ships Cook is Seasick	Greece - Mediterranean Cruise
Denmark - Girls at Sea	South America - Watch Out for the Cabins

 

The Stars
	Sidney James Kenneth Williams Kenneth Connor Liz Fraser Dilys Laye Esma Cannon Lance Percival Jimmy Thompson Ronnie Stephens Vincent Ball Cyril Chamberlain Willoughby Goddard Ed Devereaux Brian Rawlinson Anton Rodgers Anthony Sagar	Captain Crowther Leonard Marjoribanks Arthur Binn Glad Trimble Flo Castle Bridget Madderley Wilfred Haines Sam Turner Drunk Man Jenkins Tom Tree Very Fat Man Young Officer Stewart Young Man First Cook

The Crew
Producer Director Screenplay       ... Music Cinematographer Editor	Peter Rogers Gerald Thomas Norman Hudis from a story by Eric Barker Bruce Montgomery Alan Hume BSc Archie Ludski

 

Synopsis Carry On Cruising was the last of the films written by Norman Hudis and the first colour Carry On, although they do revert to black and white.  The Captain (Sid James) likes routine and familiar faces around him and on this, his 10th, voyage he is faced by a load of unwelcome newcomers including a snooty first officer (Kenneth Williams), a shy doctor (Kenneth Connor) and a chef (Lance Percival) who battles seasickness and makes omelettes by dropping a bowl full of whole eggs and then telling his assistant to sieve out all the shells. Two of the lady passengers, Glad Trimble (Liz Fraser) and Flo Castle (Dilys Laye), have come on a husband-hunting spree, and both fall for the ship’s fitness instructor, but Flo is later serenaded secretly by the doctor, who finally plucks up the courage to ask her out.  Esma Cannon turns in a star performance as a twittering little passenger who enters into all the fun and games on board ship including visiting the bar, which is also inhabited by Ronnie Stevens who spends the entire cruise in various states of intoxication.  The barman, who is another new recruit, spends his time trying to make the Captain’s favourite drink, for which only the old barman knew the recipe. The film gives a good impression of fun at sea, (even though it never actually made it to the ocean as a full size replica including cabins, pools and bars was built at Pinewood Studios) and the crew all pull together in a typical Carry On happy ending.

 

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