The Girl on the Boat

The Girl on the Boat

90 mins | Aug. 5, 1962

Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt's cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties, decides to invite several of his friends to his posh new digs. Among the invitees is the title character, played by the delightful comedienne Millicent Martin. All sorts of slapstick chaos ensues, but Wisdom manages to save the day before things get hopelessly out of hand. Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once. ...The Girl on the Boat

The Girl on the Boat

90 mins | Aug. 5, 1962

The Girl on the Boat
Norman Wisdom does to P.G. Wodehouse in Girl on the Boat what Jerry Lewis did to Gore Vidal in Visit to a Small Planet. The zany Wisdom, put in charge of his aunt's cottage during an English summer in the roaring twenties, decides to invite several of his friends to his posh new digs. Among the invitees is the title character, played by the delightful comedienne Millicent Martin. All sorts of slapstick chaos ensues, but Wisdom manages to save the day before things get hopelessly out of hand. Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once. ...The Girl on the Boat
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers
Original title The Girl on the Boat
Directors Henry Kaplan
Writers

Cast

Norman Wisdom

as Sam Marlowe

Millicent Martin

as Billie Bennett

Richard Briers

as Eustace Hignett

Sheila Hancock

as Jane Hubbard

Bernard Cribbins

as Peters

Athene Seyler

as Mrs Adelaide Hignett

Philip Locke

as Bream Mortimer

Noel Willman

as Webster

William Sherwood

as Mr Dennis Bennett

Martin Wyldeck

as J.P.Mortimer

Patience Collier

as Miss Millican

Timothy Bateson

as Purser