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Writers:
John Antrobus (additional material)
Dave Freeman (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1992 (UK) more
Tagline:
Up your anchor for a well crewed voyage
Plot:
Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition... more | add synopsis
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'Carry On' producer Peter Rogers dies
 (From digitalspy. 16 April 2009, 2:54 AM, PDT)

Peter Rogers Dies
 (From EmpireOnline. 16 April 2009, 1:53 AM, PDT)

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Why the UK should give up film production. more (18 total)

Cast

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Jim Dale ... Christopher Columbus
Bernard Cribbins ... Mordecai Mendoza
Maureen Lipman ... Countess Esmeralda
Peter Richardson ... Bart Columbus
Alexei Sayle ... Achmed
Rik Mayall ... The Sultan

Charles Fleischer ... Pontiac

Larry Miller ... The Chief
Nigel Planer ... The Wazir
Leslie Phillips ... King Ferdinand
June Whitfield ... Queen Isabella
Julian Clary ... Don Juan Diego
Sara Crowe ... Fatima

Holly Aird ... Maria
Keith Allen ... Pepi the Poisoner
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Runtime:
91 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Cameraman Alan Hume also worked with director Gerald Thomas on the very first "Carry On..." film in the series 'Carry on Sergeant (1958)', 29 films before. more
Quotes:
Fatima: You mean, the sharks won't eat me whole?
Marco the Cereal Killer: Oh, no! I'm told they spit that bit out first!
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Movie Connections:
Follows Carry on Cabby (1963) more
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Why the UK should give up film production., 15 October 2002
Author: Sebastian Carr from London, England

The original Carry On series has a certain kitsch charm. They were smutty, low budget attempts to appeal to the masses, which broadly succeeded in putting a smile on the nation's face. Great casts of talented comic actors such as Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey and Barbara Windsor gave their all to leave a superb record of the humour of the time. Fourteen years after the original series drew to a close, largely because it was no longer relevant to the country, someone got the bright idea to revive the tradition. I can almost hear the smug conversations as the likes of Julian Clary and Rik Mayall decided to undertake what they thought would be a simple project. How miserably they failed. It is an execrable, ill conceived and poorly executed film, the only purpose of which is to illustrate the quality of the originals.

We often bemoan the demise of the British film industry, yet we seem to be almost incapable of turning out any decent films with the resources we have.

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