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
Directed by Henry Kaplan
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Norman Wisdom Sam Marlowe -
Millicent Martin Billie Bennett -
Richard Briers Eustace Hignett -
Sheila Hancock Jane Hubbard -
Bernard Cribbins Peters -
Athene Seyler Mrs Adelaide Hignett -
Philip Locke Bream Mortimer -
Noel Willman Webster - William Sherwood Mr Dennis Bennett
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Martin Wyldeck J.P.Mortimer -
Patience Collier Miss Millican -
Timothy Bateson Purser
Make it a double feature
2h 37m together
The Girl on the Boat
And the Bones Came Together
Both from Henry Kaplan.
