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Director:
Writers:
Bryan Forbes (screenplay)
Richard Gordon (novel)
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Release Date:
15 May 1959 (Finland) more
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Tagline:
Another Hilarious Comedy From the Author of the Notorious "Doctor in the House" Series!
Plot:
A ship's captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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John Gregson ... Captain Ebbs
Peggy Cummins ... Mrs. Judd
Donald Sinden ... Shawe-Wilson
Nadia Gray ... Mrs. Porteous
Maurice Denham ... Major Broster
Richard Wattis ... Prittlewell
Reginald Beckwith ... Burtweed
Lionel Murton ... Bernie Floate
Bill Kerr ... Bill Coke
Nicholas Phipps ... Reddish
Joan Sims ... Maude Pritchett
Miles Malleson ... Canon Swingler
John Le Mesurier ... Sir Angus
James Hayter ... Earnshaw
June Jago ... Gwenny Coke
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shenanigans
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)

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Good fun, but hardly a classic Richard Gordon adaptation, 23 August 2000
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Author: tigon from Bristol, England

Silly comedy based on author Richard Gordon's first book. Gordon is best known as the creator of the 'Doctor' novels, some of which were successfully filmed for the big screen between 1954 and 1970, as well as spawning a seventies TV sitcom. 'The Captain's Table' is very much in the same style: a few near-the-knuckle gags, lots of pretty bikini-clad girls and a veritable host of old English stereotypes.

Naughty vicars, camp stewards, sexy popsies and batty old ladies abound, but despite a super cast of comedy legends like Donald Sinden, Richard Wattis, John LeMesurier and Miles Malleson, the movie lacks any real fizz and fails to be even half as funny as its 'Doctor' cousins. Lead actor John Gregson is no match for Dirk Bogarde or Leslie Phillips, but Carry On star Joan Sims enlivens the proceedings with a cute cameo as a frumpy spinster.

Worth a look, but don't expect too many hearty laughs.

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