Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.

Sidney James
as Captain Wellington Crowther

Kenneth Williams
as First Officer Leonard Marjoribanks

Kenneth Connor
as Dr. Arthur Binn

Liz Fraser
as Glad Trimble

Dilys Laye
as Flo Castle

Esma Cannon
as Bridget Madderley

Lance Percival
as Wilfred Haines

Jimmy Thompson
as Sam Turner

Ronnie Stevens
as Drunk Passenger

Vincent Ball
as Jenkins
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You have to feel for poor old "Capt. Crowther" (Sid James) when he discovers that half of his crew have gone down with something and their replacements don't even know what ocean they are sailing in. His problems don't stop there as the SS "Happy Wanderer" has a clientele that would probably have ma...