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The Girl on the Boat (1962) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1962 · 90 mins · English
- Directed by
- Henry Kaplan
- Starring
- Bernard Cribbins, Richard Briers, Sheila Hancock, Timothy Bateson, Millicent Martin, Norman Wisdom
Norman Wisdom delivers a P.G. Wodehouse‑style romp set in a roaring‑twenties English summer, where he’s left in charge of his aunt’s cottage and invites friends to his newly acquired posh home. The title girl, played by Millicent Martin, arrives and slap‑stick chaos erupts, but Wisdom restores order before matters become hopeless.
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