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6.7/10   350 votes
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Director:
Charles Frend
Writers:
T.E.B. Clarke (story)
T.E.B. Clarke (screenplay)
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Release Date:
21 December 1957 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Another fine offering from Ealing Studios more (13 total)

Cast

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Alec Guinness ... Captain William Horatio Ambrose
Irene Browne ... Mrs. Barrington
Maurice Denham ... Crowley
Percy Herbert ... Tommy
Victor Maddern ... Figg
Allan Cuthbertson ... Chailey
Harold Goodwin ... Duckworth
Richard Wattis ... Registrar of Shipping
Lionel Jeffries ... Garrod
George Rose ... Bullen
Lloyd Lamble ... Superintendent Browning
Harry Locke ... Reporter
Mike Morgan ... Larry
Max Butterfield ... Phil
Donald Churchill ... Roy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
All at Sea (USA)
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Parents Guide:
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Filming Locations:
Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK more
Company:
Ealing Studios more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: When Ambrose arrives in France a close-up shot shows him taking the cotton wool out of his ears. In the next shot the cotton wool is still in his ears. more
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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Another fine offering from Ealing Studios, 4 August 2000
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Author: bigar-4 from Ghent, Belgium

Wonderful film with a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour. Alec Guiness is excellent as an descendant of a family full of (in)famous captains who has just one little problem to follow in there footsteps: he has a bad case of seasickness! So he decides to buy a 1000 foot pier and run it as a ship. The city-council though has other plans with de seafront and the pier does not really fit into their plans. The Captain can only do one thing: declare his pier as a proper cruise ship! This is a film that fits in with the other small masterpieces made by Ealing Studios in the fifties and I can really recommend it..

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