Double Bunk

Double Bunk

They Doubled Up And So Will You

1961 · 92 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy

When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.

Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards · Written by C.M. Pennington-Richards

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Ian Carmichael Jack Goddard
Janette Scott Peggy Goddard
Sidney James Sid Randall
Liz Fraser Sandra Marsh
Dennis Price Leonard Watson
Reginald Beckwith Alfred Harper
Irene Handl Mrs. Harper
Noel Purcell O'Malley
Miles Malleson Rev. Thomas
John Harvey Johnnie
Terry Scott 2nd River Policeman
Bill Shine 2nd Thames Conservancy Officer

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