Carry on Columbus (1992)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

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:

Expedition | Sultan | Sea | Sequel | Spyhole

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:

Last feature of Jack Douglas.

Quotes:

Fatima: You mean, the sharks won't eat me whole?
Marco the Cereal Killer: Oh, no! I'm told they spit that bit out first!

Movie Connections:

Follows Carry on Cowboy (1966)

Soundtrack:

CARRY ON COLUMBUS

Oops

This film is the biggest pile of doosh, it's been my misfortune to endure, I love the carry on films, and because I do, I have problems even excepting this pityful movies exsistence. Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims did the wise thing and refused to have anything to do with this debarcle. To include so called modern comics such as Rik Mayell, Alexi Sayle etc is an insult to the Carry on name. A movie HAS to be bad if the normally grotesque Julian Clarey, gives me the only chuckle of the film. The only 'true' Carry on regular in this movie was Jim Dale (and Peter Gilmore at a push). June Whitfield, Leslie Phillips, Jack Douglas & Bernard Cribbins, all made only a handful of appearances in the series, and do themselves no favours appearing in this arsefest. Lets put this into perspective.

Sid James is Dead, Kenneth Williams is Dead, Kenneth Connor is Dead, Charles Hawtrey is Dead, Hattie Jacques is Dead, Peter Butterworth is Dead, Joan Sims is Dead. Bernard Bresslaw is Dead.

These people along with Babs and Jim, WERE the Carry on movies, it was their magic and their comedic timing and delivery that made these films charming. Not because they were 'Carry on Films' but because THEY were in them, and the rapport they had as a working team, (even though Sid and Williams disliked each other), made that Carry on Magic. This film was nothing more than ghostriding.

And if This movie wasn't damaging enough to the Carry on name, then I'm sure you'll all be sickened to hear that they're planning to make another. STRUTH!!!!