Not Wanted on Voyage (1957)
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After years of faithful supporting service, British comic actor Ronald Shiner was finally rewarded with a few leading roles in the 1950s. In Not Wanted on Voyage, Shiner plays cockney ship's steward Higgins, who tends to the needs of the various passengers on a Tangiers-bound luxury liner. When a valuable necklace is stolen from one of the vacationing dowagers, Higgins and his buddy Hollebone (Brian Rix) decide to play detective, hoping for a huge reward upon recovering the missing item. Along the way, Higgins and Hollebone find it necessary to disguise themselves as Arabs, leading to a wacky slapstick chase. Even those filmgoers who'd seen and heard the wheezy gags in Not Wanted on Voyage in earlier films were amused by the breezy ridiculousness of the project. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ronald Shiner - Steward Albert Higgins
- Griffith Jones - Guy Harding
- Fabia Drake - Mrs. Brough
- Michael Shepley - Col. Blewton-Fawcett
- Martin Boddey - Captain
- John Chapman - Mr. Rose
- Eric Pohlmann - Pedro
- Larry Noble - Steward Bleeding
- Brian Rix - Steward Cecil Hollebone
- Catherine Boyle - Julie Haines
- Michael Brennan - Chief Steward
- Dorinda Stevens - Pat
- Janet Barrow - Maud Catesby
- Peter Prowse - Strang
- Michael Ripper - Steward Macy
- Hugh Moxey - 1st Officer
- Director(s):
- Maclean Rogers
- Writer(s):
- Jack Marks, Evadne Price, Michael Pertwee
- Producer(s):
- Henry Halstead, Jack Marks, George Minter
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