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All at Sea

Original title: Barnacle Bill
  • 19571957
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.1K
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All at Sea (1957)
Comedy
A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.1K
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    • Charles Frend
    • T.E.B. Clarke(story)
  • Stars
    • Alec Guinness
    • Harry Locke
    • Frederick Piper
    • Charles Frend
    • T.E.B. Clarke(story)
  • Stars
    • Alec Guinness
    • Harry Locke
    • Frederick Piper
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Alec Guinness
    Alec Guinness
    • Capt. William Horatio Ambrose
    Harry Locke
    • Reporter
    Frederick Piper
    • Barman
    Fred Griffiths
    • Bus Driver
    Gerald Case
    • Commander
    William Mervyn
    • Captain
    John Horsley
    John Horsley
    • First Surgeon
    Derek Waring
    • Second Surgeon
    Donald Pleasence
    Donald Pleasence
    • Cashier
    Newton Blick
    • Bank Manager
    Irene Browne
    Irene Browne
    • Mrs. Barrington
    Percy Herbert
    Percy Herbert
    • Tommy
    Victor Maddern
    Victor Maddern
    • Figg
    Harold Goodwin
    Harold Goodwin
    • Duckworth
    Junia Crawford
    • Evie
    Warren Mitchell
    Warren Mitchell
    • Artie White
    Frank Burdett
    • Bald Man
    Maurice Denham
    Maurice Denham
    • Crowley
      • Charles Frend
      • T.E.B. Clarke(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Sir Alec Guinness only made this movie as a favor for his friend, director Charles Frend. He later referred to this movie as "wretched".
    • Goofs
      When Captain 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.
    • Quotes

      Figg: Is that how they do it in the Navy, sir?

      Capt. William Horatio Ambrose: I take it you are never in the service, Figg?

      Figg: I never wanted to be. I've spent all my life on a dredger and if you're going to run this pier like a battleship, I shall be sorry I left it.

      Capt. William Horatio Ambrose: Well, I am going to run it like a battleship. All the best piers in the country or run naval-style and, under my command, Sandcastle pier will be no exception. I shan't be satisfied until everything is ship-... er... pier-shape and Blackpool-fashion.

    • Crazy credits
      Against a background of high seas, the opening credit text rolls with the waves, up off the screen and down under water, with motion so realistic it almost makes the audience seasick.

    User reviews26

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    8/10
    Another fine offering from Ealing Studios
    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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    • bigar-4
    • Aug 4, 2000

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    • Release date
      • December 21, 1957 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Hunstanton Pier, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Ealing Studios
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Black and White

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