The Girl on the Boat

Aug 5, 1962

1h 30m

★ 5.6

Overview

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt's cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties, decides to invite several of his friends to his posh new digs. Among the invitees is the title character, played by the delightful comedienne Millicent Martin. All sorts of slapstick chaos ensues, but Wisdom manages to save the day before things get hopelessly out of hand. Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once. ...The Girl on the Boat

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Sam Marlowe

Norman Wisdom

Billie Bennett

Millicent Martin

Eustace Hignett

Richard Briers

Jane Hubbard

Sheila Hancock

Peters

Bernard Cribbins

Mrs Adelaide Hignett

Athene Seyler

Bream Mortimer

Philip Locke

Webster

Noel Willman

Mr Dennis Bennett

William Sherwood

J.P.Mortimer

Martin Wyldeck

Miss Millican

Patience Collier

Purser

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