Double Bunk
They Doubled Up And So Will You
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.
Cast
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
Michael Shepley
Granville-Carter
Jacques Cey
French Official
Hedger Wallace
1st River Policeman
Desmond Roberts
Freighter Captain
Peter Swanwick
Freighter Pilot
Gerald Campion
Charlie
Graham Stark
Flowerman
Gladys Henson
Madame de Sola
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Reviews
CinemaSerf
Ian Carmichael ("Jack") and his fiancée "Peggy" (Janette Scott) fall foul of her rather fastidious landlady and are soon looking for a house. As luck would have it, they discover a houseboat and for a mere £750 they have their dream home/yacht. Not long after moving in they meet their landlord "Watson" (Dennis Price) who wants to double the rent for their mooring. Extortionate, so he - a mechanic, encouraged by his pal "Sid" (Sidney James), decides to get the old tub mobile again, and off they go for some fun folics on the river with "Sandra" (Liz Fraser) along too. It's a very gently paced nautical comedy, this - it is all very predictable with some easy humour that pokes a bit of fun at the "Commodore Classes" whilst leaving you knowing just what is going to happen - and what the outcome will be, too. Noel Purcell is quite entertaining, Dennis Price gets a well deserved ducking and we certainly discover that life on the ocean waves is not for everyone.
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