Double Bunk

Double Bunk
Double Bunk
Directed by C.M.Pennington-Richards
Produced by George H. Brown
Starring Ian Carmichael
Sid James
Janette Scott
Liz Fraser
Dennis Price
Distributed by Bryanston
Release date(s) 1961
Running time 92 min
Country  United Kingdom
Language English

Double Bunk is a 1961 British black-and-white comedy set on a houseboat, that stars Ian Carmichael and Sid James.

The musical score was composed by Stanley Black and the title song, sung by Sid James and Liz Fraser, was by Stanley Black, Jack Fishman and Michael Pratt.

Plot

When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction from their rented London flat, they are tricked into buying a rundown houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put-upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price) owns Jack and Peggy’s mooring and soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges.

After rebuilding the engine with the help of his friend Sid (Sid James), a used-car salesman, Jack and Peggy plan a trip down the Thames River to Ramsgate, taking along Sid and his partner Sandra (Liz Fraser). On their way, they get into trouble with the Thames Conservancy (Naunton Wayne) and also the river police (Terry Scott).

After Sandra's transistor radio gets misplaced next to the compass, they manage to end up in Calais. With no fuel and supplies, they have to resort to desperate actions to get themselves and their houseboat back home. This involves Sandra putting on a striptease for Watson, who also happens to be in Calais Harbour on his own boat, to enable Jack and Sid to borrow some of Watson’s fuel and food. The next morning they follow Watson back across the Channel, as their own compass is broken, and end up entering into a wager with Watson on who can get back to their mooring first.

External links

v · d · eThe films of C.M. Pennington-Richards
1950s
The Oracle (1953) • Hour of Decision (1957) • Stormy Crossing (1958)
1960s
Inn for Trouble (1960) • Double Bunk (1961) • Dentist on the Job (1961) • Mystery Submarine (1963)• Ladies Who Do (1963) • Danny the Dragon (1967) • A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)
1970s
Sky Pirates (1977)

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