The Girl on the Boat (film)

The Girl on the Boat is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Henry Kaplan and starring Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin and Richard Briers. It is based on the 1922 novel of the same name by P.G. Wodehouse.

It was the second of a proposed three picture deal Wisdom had with United Artists but did so badly at the box office that the third film was cancelled.

Plot
During the 1920s, two young men returning to England on a transatlantic liner fall in love with two fellow passengers.

Cast

 * Norman Wisdom - Sam Marlowe
 * Millicent Martin - Billie Bennett
 * Richard Briers - Eustace Hignett
 * Philip Locke - Bream Mortimer
 * Sheila Hancock - Jane
 * Athene Seyler - Mrs Hignett
 * Bernard Cribbins - Peters
 * Noel Willman - Webster
 * Reginald Beckwith - Barman
 * Timothy Bateson - Purser
 * Peter Bull - Blacksmith
 * Martin Wyldeck - J.P. Mortimer
 * William Sherwood - Mr Bennett
 * Georgina Cookson - Passenger

Critical reception
Sky Movies: "Something of a departure for Norman Wisdom...Wisdom was not to stray from formula again until the conclusion of his string of crazy comedies for Rank". The Radio Times comments: "Norman Wisdom tried something different from his usual slapstick with this seagoing comedy romance ...It doesn't work for Wisdom, though it does for the less mannered professionals in support such as Richard Briers, Millicent Martin and Athene Seyler". Allmovie: "Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once".