History Film / CarryOnCruising

* SoundEffectBleep: A running gag, in that the ship's horn sounds to drown the exclamation made by the medical officer hurting himself.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Sid James'' of all people is repulsed by the idea of a woman throwing herself at him.

Captain Wellington Crowther (James) is in charge of the SS Happy Wanderer and is preparing to travel through the southern continents, but is angered to find out that most of his trusted ship staff are absent and have been replaced at the last minute with first-timers: The slightly-snobby First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks (Williams), the timid Dr. Arthur Binn (Connor), the seasick chef Wilfred Haines (Percival), new bartender Sam Turner (Creator/JimmyThompson) and dim steward Tom Tree (Creator/CyrilChamberlain). This creates tension between Captain Crowther and the newbies and he states that they have to show him that they'll be able to handle their jobs, lest they ruin his chances of a transfer to a new transatlantic liner.

* BedlahBabe: During the cruise's stop over at North Africa, Gladys and Flo end up purchasing belly dancer costumes as souvenirs and take a picture together, dressing as "harem girls of the Sultan".
* BottleEpisode: The entire movie is on the Happy Wanderer and not once does the movie switch from that location. When cruise stops at a country's port, we only see the passengers leave and come back with their souvenirs.
* BriefAccentImitation: When the crew travel to Spain, Binn and Marjoribanks dress up as matadors and imitate Spanish accents. Crowther isn't impressed.

* CordonBleughChef: Wilfred Haines bakes a cake containing of spaghetti, Californian prunes and Chinese duck representing the captain's various voyages.

* AllThereInTheScript: We don't get to know Marjoribanks' first name (other than the fact it starts with an L as shown on Captain Crowther's list), but the back of the DVD in "The Complete ''Film/CarryOn'' Collection" boxset gives it as "Leonard".

-->'''First Officer Marjoribanks''': Leave it to me, sir. I'll '''p'''ick a '''p'''anel '''p'''roperly to '''p'''ro-and-con the '''p'''ulchritude, with '''p'''robity and '''p'''recision.

-->'''First Officer Marjoribanks''': Vivid eh? And alliterative. Rather good I must say...

* AllThereInTheScript: We don't get to know Marjoribanks' first name, but the back of the DVD in "The Complete ''Film/CarryOn'' Collection" boxset gives it as "Leonard".

Unfortunately, this might not be possible. First Officer Marjoribanks finds himself unable to please the Captain no matter how hard he tries; Dr. Binn tries to court the lovely Flo Castle (Laye), who would rather compete with her friend Glad Trimble (Fraser) for a man more like Mr. Jenkins (Vincent Ball), the PT instructor; Haines proves himself to be rather eccentric; and Bridget Madderley (Cannon), a hyperactive old lady, finds herself getting up to all sorts of fun on deck. Even when the newbies are in check, other things continue to go wrong as Captain Crowther constantly becomes the victim of the group's shenanigans as HilarityEnsues.

* {{Tuckerization}}: Creator/GeraldThomas couldn't resist an in-joke by naming some of the ship's officers after some of the new film crew. Third Office J. Causey (Assistant Director Jack Causey), Fourth Officer D. Lovell (Camera operator Dudley Lovell), Junior Fourth Officer A. Hume (Director of Photography Alan Hume),

->'''Captain Crowther''': ''Ship''.
->'''Haines''': Well, ship, boat, who cares as long as it floats?

This was the first ''Film/CarryOn'' to be based on holidays, inspired by the popularity of cruise holidays with the public in the early 1960's; there is an appearance of a P&O Cruise Ship, whose company was thanked in the opening credits, which is where the movie takes place. Like many ''Film/CarryOn'' movies to come, ''Cruising'' tells several subplots of many different people as they stay together in a packed space. In this case, on a cruise ship - based on some of the passengers and the cruise staff.

Captain Wellington Crowther (James) is in charge of the SS Happy Wanderer and is preparing to travel through the southern continents, but is angered to find out that most of his trusted ship staff are absent and have been replaced at the last minute with first-timers: The slightly-snobby First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks (Williams), the timid Dr. Arthur Binn (Connor), the seasick chef Wilfred Haines (Percival), new bartender Sam Turner (Creator/JimmyThompson) and dim steward Tom Tree (Cyril Chamberlain). This creates tension between Captain Crowther and the newbies and he states that they have to show him that they'll be able to handle their jobs, lest they ruin his chances of a transfer to a new transatlantic liner.

Captain Wellington Crowther (James) is in charge of the SS Happy Wanderer and is preparing to travel through the southern continents, but is angered to find out that most of his trusted ship staff are absent and have been replaced at the last minute with first-timers: The slightly-snobby First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks (Williams), the timid Dr. Arthur Binn (Connor), the seasick chef Wilfred Haines (Percival), new bartender Sam Turner (Jimmy Thompson) and dim steward Tom Tree (Cyril Chamberlain). This creates tension between Captain Crowther and the newbies and he states that they have to show him that they'll be able to handle their jobs, lest they ruin his chances of a transfer to a new transatlantic liner.

''Carry On Cruising'' is a 1962 film and the sixth ''Film/CarryOn'' film in the British film series, which created a milestone for being the first to be filmed in color. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/LizFraser, Creator/DilysLaye, Creator/EsmaCannon, and Lance Percival.

''Carry On Cruising'' is a 1962 film and the sixth ''Film/CarryOn'' film in the British film series, which created a milestone for being the first to be filmed in color. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/LizFraser, Dilys Laye, Creator/EsmaCannon, and Lance Percival.

''Carry On Cruising'' is a 1962 film and the sixth ''Film/CarryOn'' film in the British film series, which created a milestone for being the first to be filmed in color. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/KennethConnor, Creator/LizFraser, Dilys Laye, Esma Cannon, and Lance Percival.

''Carry On Cruising'' is a 1962 film and the sixth ''Film/CarryOn'' film in the British film series, which created a milestone for being the first to be filmed in color. It starred Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/KennethConnor, Liz Fraser, Dilys Laye, Esma Cannon, and Lance Percival.

* BellyDancer: During the cruise's stop over at North Africa, Gladys and Flo end up purchasing belly dancer costumes as souvenirs and take a picture together, dressing as "harem girls of the Sultan".

Unfortunately, this might not be possible. First Officer Marjoribanks finds himself unable to please the Captain no matter how hard he tries; Dr. Binn tries to court the lovely Flo Castle (Laye), who would rather compete with her friend Glad Trimble (Fraser) for a man more like Mr. Jenkins (Vincent Ball), the PT instructor; Haines proves himself to be rather eccentric; and Bridget Madderley (Cannon), a hyperactive old lady, finds herself getting up to all sorts of fun on deck. Even the newbies are in check, other things continue to go wrong as Captain Crowther constantly becomes the victim of the group's shenanigans as HilarityEnsues.

Captain Wellington Crowther (James) is in charge of the SS Happy Wanderer and is preparing to travel through the southern continents, but is angered to find out that most of his trusted ship staff are absent and have been replaced at the last minute with first-timers: most importantly, the slightly-snobby First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks (Williams), the timid Dr. Arthur Binn (Connor) and the seasick chef Wilfred Haines (Percival), as well as a new bartender - Sam Turner (Jimmy Thompson) - and steward - Tom Tree (Cyril Chamberlain). This creates tension between Captain Crowther and the newbies and he states that they have to show him that they'll be able to handle the jobs and not purposely sabotage.

Unfortunately, this might not be possible. The men'll have to deal with the likes of the flirtatious Glad Trimble (Fraser) and Flo Castle (Laye), not to mention the hyperactive old lady Bridget Madderley (Cannon), but even when they're in check, other things continue to go wrong as Captain Crowther constantly becomes the victim of the group's shenanigans.

HilarityEnsues.

* BellyDancer: During the cruise's stop over at North Africa, Gladys and Flo end up purchasing belly dancer costumes as souvenirs and take a picture together, cosplaying as "harem girls of the Sultan".