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Director:
Gerald Thomas
Writers:
Kay Bannerman (story)
Leslie Bricusse (writer)
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Release Date:
7 June 1963 (West Germany) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
The Comedy With a Happy END! more
Plot:
An American airline firm plan to buy a new British passenger plane, but the deal hits trouble when the... more | add synopsis
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The Carry on team play with Traction Engines. more

Cast

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Michael Craig ... Jack Hopkins
Anne Helm ... Kathy Fisher
Jeff Donnell ... Miriam Fisher
Alan Hale Jr. ... Paul Fisher
Noel Purcell ... Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
Cecil Parker ... Sir Giles Thompson
Roland Culver ... Lord Upshott
Joan Sims ... Nellie Trotter
John Standing ... Humphrey Gore-Brown
Brian Oulton ... Vicar
Sam Kydd ... Fred Trotter
Judith Furse ... Traction Engine Driver
Richard Thorp ... Harry
Jim Dale ... Publicist
George Woodbridge ... Sid Ludge
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Swinging Maiden (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:98 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono

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The first film of John Standing. more

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3 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
The Carry on team play with Traction Engines., 30 June 2001
Author: MIKE WILSON (MIKE.WILSON6@BTINTERNET.COM) from Bristol, England.

Ten years after Genevieve, the film makers tried to repeat the success with this story of traction engines. Where Genevieve had several things going for it, like a good story, interesting characters, and the London to Brighton rally, This story just doesn't work. Michael Craig plays Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer who's hobby is traction engines. When he, after some early sparring , falls for the daughter of an American airline owner. The rest of the story is set at the usual British summer settings, the Henley regatta, and the Woburn Rally, but the story falls flat. John Standing, Ronald Culver, and the Duke of Bedford give good support. One flaw in the story, is that the passenger aircraft Craig has designed, is shown as one of country's V bombers from the 1960's, hardly big enough to fly hundreds of passengers.

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