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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.
Theatrical
Nov 16, 1961
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 3, 2007
Director
Writer
Music
Studio
George H. Brown Productions, British Lion Film Corporation, Bryanston Distributing
Cast
Full credits →I
Ian Carmichael
Jack Goddard
J
Janette Scott
Peggy Goddard
S
Sidney James
Sid Randall
L
Liz Fraser
Sandra Marsh
D
Dennis Price
Leonard Watson
R
Reginald Beckwith
Alfred Harper
I
Irene Handl
Mrs. Harper
N
Noel Purcell
O'Malley
M
Miles Malleson
Rev. Thomas
J
John Harvey
Johnnie
T
Terry Scott
2nd River Policeman
B
Bill Shine
2nd Thames Conservancy Officer
M
Michael Shepley
Granville-Carter
T
Toby Perkins
Pukka Type
J
Jacques Cey
French Official
H
Hedger Wallace
1st River Policeman
D
Desmond Roberts
Freighter Captain
P
Peter Swanwick
Freighter Pilot
G
Gerald Campion
Charlie
G
Graham Stark
Flowerman
