The Girl on the Boat (film)
The Girl on the Boat is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Henry Kaplan and starring Norman Wisdom, Millicent Martin and Richard Briers.[1] It is based on the 1922 novel of the same name by P.G. Wodehouse.
The Girl on the Boat
the novel by P.G. Wodehouse
- 5 August 1962 (UK)
90 minutes
United Kingdom
English
It was the second of a proposed three picture deal Wisdom had with United Artists but did so badly at the box office that the third film was cancelled.[2]
Plot[edit]
During the 1920s, two young men returning to England on a transatlantic liner fall in love with two fellow passengers.
Critical reception[edit]
Sky Movies: "Something of a departure for Norman Wisdom...Wisdom was not to stray from formula again until the conclusion of his string of crazy comedies for Rank".[3] The Radio Times comments: "Norman Wisdom tried something different from his usual slapstick with this seagoing comedy romance ...It doesn't work for Wisdom, though it does for the less mannered professionals in support such as Richard Briers, Millicent Martin and Athene Seyler".[4] Allmovie: "Like Jerry Lewis, Norman Wisdom is an acquired taste, but he's worth sampling at least once".[5]