Girls at Sea (1958) User Reviews

Idiot Plot about 3 Young Women Stowaways on Board a British Ship

[foosie-2 · 2/10 · 1 May 2016]

This is a lame British comedy, based apparently on a play, about a stiff admiral (Michael Hordern) with a jealous wife, who spends the night on board a ship as it cruises from Cannes to Genoa for a NATO conference, and becomes slowly aware that 3 nubile young women are on board, strictly against regulations. Lionel Jeffries has a cameo as an American tourist who asks naive questions about the ship's gyro compass. Daniel Massey, younger than I've ever seen him, played a ship's officer embarrassed by the goings on. Ronald Shiner appeared as a sailor who has jilted a French flower seller, who pursues him on board and gets accidentally locked in overnight.

Witless

[malcolmgsw · 2/10 · 14 October 2018]

This is a remake of the 1932 film The Midshipman. This just shows the forward thinking attitude of Associated British.This a farce without a funny line or situation presumably relying on the star power of Ronnie Shiners name to draw in the customers.Warren Mitchell in a dark make up supposed to be an Asian steward and a fresh faced Richard Briers,are two actors who would put this film behind them and find fame on tv.