Further Up the Creek (1958)

Up The Creek proved such a success that this sequel was rushed into production by Hammer and debuted in the same year. Val Guest remained aboard for this second voyage as did most of the supporting cast (Lionel Jeffries, David Lodge etc).

The only one who refused to sign on was Peter Sellers, who was busy working on The Mouse That Roared. Stepping into his shoes was Frankie Howerd, who proved to be as an effective foil to top-billed David Tomlinson as Sellers had been.

Tomlinson is once again the confuddled captain Lt. Humphrey Fairweather who doesn’t realise that his ship’s voyage to North Africa is transporting a somewhat unorthodox cargo – nine paying passengers his corrupt crew are keeping hidden from him.

When Fairweather learns the truth, the plot turns to the crew’s attempts to blackmail their commanding officer into taking no action about the illicit human cargo.

The sequel is actually faster paced than the original, with more comic incidents.

Lt. Humphrey Fairweather
David Tomlinson
Jane Cartwright
Shirley Eaton
Bosun
Frankie Howerd
Mrs Gallaway
Thora Hird
Steady Barker
Lionel Jeffries
Perkins
Lionel Murton
Scouse
David Lodge
Cooky
John Warren
Bates
Sam Kydd
Bennett
Edwin Richfield
Bunts
Howard Williams
Chippy
Peter Collingwood
Webster
Harry Landis
Lofty
Ian Whittaker
Monsieur Philippe
Tom Gill
Eadie Lovelace
Amy Dalby
Maudie Lovelace
Esma Cannon
Vicky
Mary Wilson
Cleo
Katherine Byrne
Lt. Commander Blakeney
Michael Goodliffe
Flagship Commander
Basil Dignam
President 
Eric Pohlmann
Consul
Walter Hudd
Chief Wren
Judith Furse
El Diablo
Charles Lloyd Pack
Whacker Payne
Ballard Berkeley
Algeroccan Major
Wolfe Morris
Porter
Stanley Unwin
Admiral
John Stuart

Director
Val Guest