90 minutes
8/5/1962
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
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