Carry on Columbus (1992)

Director:

Gerald Thomas

Writers:

John Antrobus (additional material)
Dave Freeman (writer)

Release Date:

2 October 1992 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Up your anchor for a well crewed voyage

Plot:

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the King and Queen of Spain to finance his expedition...

Plot Keywords:

Spyhole | Saucy | Sultan | Navigation | Bare Butt

Cast

Jim Dale	...	Christopher Columbus
Bernard Cribbins	...	Mordecai Mendoza
Maureen Lipman	...	Countess Esmeralda
Peter Richardson	...	Bart Columbus
Alexei Sayle	...	Achmed
Rik Mayall	...	The Sultan
Charles Fleischer	...	Pontiac
Larry Miller	...	The Chief
Nigel Planer	...	The Wazir
Leslie Phillips	...	King Ferdinand
June Whitfield	...	Queen Isabella
Julian Clary	...	Don Juan Diego
Sara Crowe	...	Fatima
Holly Aird	...	Maria
Keith Allen	...	Pepi the Poisoner

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Spain:T | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Farnham, Surrey, England, UK

Company:

Comedy House

Trivia:

First choices to play the King and Queen of Spain were Frankie Howerd and Joan Sims. Second choices were Bernard Bresslaw and Barbara Windsor. All four were unable, or unwilling, to appear, as was another original surviving "Carry On..." regular, 'Kenneth Connor (I)' .

Quotes:

The Wazir: [after a messenger arrives] He brings news of what the Lisbonians are getting up to.
The Sultan: I don't care what they get up to, as long as they don't do it in the street in front of the camels!
The Wazir: No, no, sir, the city of Lisbon.
The Sultan: The one in Portugal?
The Wazir: Quite right.

Movie Connections:

Follows Carry on Loving (1970)

Soundtrack:

CARRY ON COLUMBUS

A sad end

This film is poor. The carry on magic is non existent. The remaining carry on regulars have little to do apart from Jim Dale. Cribbins is not bad but better in Jack and Spying. Jack Douglas is poor in this film and looks bored and wishing he was somewhere else. Whitfield and Philips are poor as the king and queen of Spain. Julian Clary is rubbish he cannot act he is unfunny and he is better off acting in the Tweenies!!!. By this time the art of making carry ons was gone. There is no regulars in this film at all. Kenneth Connor was still alive, Joan Sims was still alive Bernard Bresslaw was still alive Frankie Howerd was alive. Patsy Rowlands was still alive. Sid had been dead for 16 years. Hattie Kenny and Charlie has passed on Sadley. Barbara Windsor could have been in this to liven it up a bit. Maureen Lipman is not carry on material. There was no point in casting comedians in place of the original actors they have passed on and they will Sadley missed they where born to act. I heard they where thinking about a new Carry on Carry on London i hope they don't make it it will be sad unfunny and never the same.