Naval comedy. When an old Navy warship is sold to the North African country of Algerrocco, the crew see a way of making some crafty money on the side by selling tickets for the ‘cruise’ out there. But then Lieutenant Fairweather is placed in command – and he is not in on the secret!
Production Details
A Byron-Hammer film production released by Columbia Pictures
Copyright MCMLVIII by Byron Film Productions Ltd. – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certilicate No. 19146
All characters and events depicted in this film are fictitious and any similatity to persons living or dead is coincidental
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios
Black & White 91 mins
Filming Began: 19th May 1958
UK Release: 20th October 1958
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Art Director | George Provis | 50 | 1 Jan 1908 | 1 Jan 1989 | 81 | 2 | 2 | ||
Assistant Director | John Peverall | 27 | 1 Jan 1931 | 3 Oct 2009 | 78 | 21 | 21 | ||
Assistant Editor | Gordon Davie | 29 | 20 Mar 1929 | 9 Sep 2001 | 72 | 1 | 1 | ||
Camera Operator | Len Harris | 42 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 52 | 1 | 53 | |
Continuity | Doreen Dearnaley | 29 | 20 Nov 1928 | 3 Feb 1992 | 63 | 13 | 13 | ||
Director | Val Guest | 46 | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 29 | 29 | ||
Editor | Bill Lenny | 30 | 1 Jan 1928 | 1 Jan 2002 | 74 | 10 | 2 | 12 | |
Focus Puller | Harry Oakes | 37 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 53 | 53 | ||
Hairdresser | Marjorie Whittle | 21 Jul 2007 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Make-up | Phil Leakey | 50 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 48 | 48 | ||
Music | Stanley Black | 45 | 14 Jun 1913 | 26 Nov 2002 | 89 | 5 | 5 | ||
Photography | Gerald Gibbs | 50 | 7 Nov 1907 | 23 Jan 1990 | 82 | 3 | 3 | ||
Producer | Henry Halsted | 51 | 1 Jan 1907 | 10 Mar 1970 | 63 | 4 | 4 | ||
Production Manager | Patrick Marsden | 33 | 1 Jan 1925 | 1 Jan 1971 | 46 | 1 | 1 | ||
Production Supervisor | Fred A Swann | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sound Editor | David Elliott | 27 | 7 May 1931 | 10 Nov 2023 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Sound Recordist | Jock May | 53 | 1 Jan 1905 | 8 Jan 1991 | 86 | 30 | 1 | 31 | |
Technical Advisor | Commander Peter Peake RN | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Wardrobe | Molly Arbuthnot | 49 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 4 | 52 | |
Written | John Warren | 41 | 13 Nov 1916 | 1 Jan 1977 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Written | Len Heath | 31 | 19 Mar 1927 | 28 Jul 2017 | 90 | 2 | 2 | ||
Written | Val Guest | 46 | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 29 | 29 | ||
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Hidden | Death | Age | Hammer Credited | Hammer Uncredited | Total Hammer |
Admiral | John Stuart | 60 | 18 Jul 1898 | 17 Oct 1979 | 81 | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
Algeroccan Officer | George Herbert | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Algerroccan Major | Wolfe Morris | 33 | 5 Jan 1925 | 21 Jul 1996 | 71 | 5 | 5 | ||
Barker | Lionel Jeffries | 32 | 10 Jun 1926 | 19 Feb 2010 | 83 | 5 | 5 | ||
Bates | Sam Kydd | 43 | 15 Feb 1915 | 26 Mar 1982 | 67 | 7 | 7 | ||
Bennett | Edwin Richfield | 37 | 11 Sep 1921 | 2 Aug 1990 | 68 | 10 | 10 | ||
Bosun Dibble | Frankie Howerd | 41 | 6 Mar 1917 | 19 Apr 1992 | 75 | 2 | 2 | ||
Bunts | Howard Williams | 26 | 10 May 1932 | 10.05.1932 | 91 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Chief Wren | Judith Furse | 46 | 3 Mar 1912 | 29 Aug 1974 | 62 | 2 | 2 | ||
Chief Yeoman | Desmond Llewelyn | 44 | 12 Sep 1914 | 19 Dec 1999 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Chippy | Peter Collingwood | 38 | 6 May 1920 | 23 Sep 2016 | 96 | 2 | 2 | ||
Cleo | Katherine Byrne | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Consul | Walter Hudd | 61 | 20 Feb 1897 | 20 Jan 1963 | 65 | 1 | 1 | ||
Cooky | John Warren | 41 | 13 Nov 1916 | 1 Jan 1977 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Despatch Rider | John Singer | 34 | 4 Dec 1923 | 7 Jul 1987 | 63 | 2 | 2 | ||
Eadie Lovelace | Amy Dalby | 70 | 1 Jan 1888 | 10 Mar 1969 | 81 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
El Diablo | Charles Lloyd-Pack | 56 | 10 Oct 1902 | 22 Dec 1983 | 81 | 8 | 8 | ||
Fairweather | David Tomlinson | 41 | 7 May 1917 | 24 Jun 2000 | 83 | 2 | 2 | ||
First Lieutenant | Patrick Holt | 46 | 31 Jan 1912 | 12 Oct 1993 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Flagship Commander | Basil Dignam | 52 | 24 Oct 1905 | 31 Jan 1979 | 73 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Jane | Shirley Eaton | 21 | 12 Jan 1937 | 12.01.1937 | 87 | 2 | 2 | ||
Kentonie Brother | Jack Le White | 46 | 4 Jan 1912 | 21 Dec 1999 | 87 | 1 | 1 | ||
Kentonie Brother | Max Day | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Lofty | Ian Whittaker | 30 | 1 Jan 1928 | 16 Oct 2022 | 94 | 5 | 5 | ||
Lt. Commander Blakeney | Michael Goodliffe | 44 | 1 Oct 1914 | 20 Mar 1976 | 61 | 5 | 5 | ||
Maudie Lovelace | Esma Cannon | 52 | 27 Dec 1905 | 18 Oct 1972 | 66 | 1 | 1 | ||
Monsieur Phillipe | Tom Gill | 42 | 26 Jul 1916 | 22 Jul 1971 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Mrs Galloway | Thora Hird | 47 | 28 May 1911 | 15 Mar 2003 | 91 | 4 | 4 | ||
Perkins | Lionel Murton | 43 | 2 Jun 1915 | 26 Sep 2006 | 91 | 3 | 3 | ||
Policeman | Victor Brooks | 39 | 11 Nov 1918 | 19 Jan 2000 | 81 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Porter | Stanley Unwin | 47 | 7 Jun 1911 | 12 Jan 2002 | 90 | 1 | 1 | ||
Postman | Larry Noble | 43 | 13 Dec 1914 | 9 Sep 1993 | 78 | 3 | 3 | ||
President | Eric Pohlmann | 45 | 18 Jul 1913 | 25 Jul 1979 | 66 | 7 | 7 | ||
Scouse | David Lodge | 37 | 19 Aug 1921 | 18 Oct 2003 | 82 | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
Sea Scout | John Hall | 15 | 22 Aug 1943 | 16 Feb 2000 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Signalman | Cavan Malone | 21 | 25 Nov 1936 | 8 Mar 1982 | 45 | 1 | 1 | ||
Signalman | Jess Conrad | 22 | 24 Feb 1936 | 24.02.1936 | 88 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Taxi Driver | Joe Gibbons | 41 | 30 Oct 1916 | 17 Apr 1967 | 50 | 1 | 1 | ||
Ticket Collector | Michael Ripper | 45 | 27 Jan 1913 | 28 Jun 2000 | 87 | 34 | 2 | 36 | |
Vicky | Mary Wilson | 2 | 2 | ||||||
Webster | Harry Landis | 26 | 25 Nov 1931 | 11 Sep 2022 | 90 | 1 | 1 | ||
Whacker Payne | Ballard Berkeley | 54 | 6 Aug 1904 | 16 Jan 1988 | 83 | 2 | 2 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
This film is the sequel to “Up the Creek” (also 1958), which, although filmed in Hammerscope and released by Exclusive, was purely a Byron Film production and not a co-production with Hammer, as is the case here.