What Changed Charley Farthing?

What Changed Charley Farthing? (also known as The Bananas Boat), is a 1975 comedy film directed by Sidney Hayers, starring Doug McClure, Lionel Jeffries, and Hayley Mills. It is based on the 1965 novel of the same title by John Harris (as Mark Hebden).

Premise
Roaming sailor Charley Farthing is paid to give safe passage out of revolutionary Cuba to a young woman (Hayley Mills) and her father (Lionel Jeffries).

Cast

 * Doug McClure as Charley Farthing
 * Lionel Jeffries as Houlihan
 * Hayley Mills as Jenny
 * Warren Mitchell as MacGregor
 * Dilys Hamlett as Miss Parchment
 * Alberto de Mendoza as Jumbo
 * Victor Israel as Christmas
 * Fernando Sancho as Lupez
 * Luis Marín as Hatta
 * Ricardo Palacios as Greek Captain

Production
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London, and on location in Aguilas in Spain, which filled in for Havana. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lionel Couch and Enrique Alarcón.

Release
What Changed Charley Farthing? was not released in the United States until January 1976.

Critical reception
TV Guide called the film "a total misfire."

The Spectator called it "a nice piece of slapstick".

Filmink called it "a painful attempt at an African Queen-type jaunt... with Mills attempting an odd accent and seeming unhappy."

Leslie Halliwell said: "Weirdly ineffective comedy actioner which never gets started and should never have been thought of."