Three London bachelors – Harris (Jimmy Edwards), J (David Tomlinson), and George (Laurence Harvey) – decide to take a holiday boating up the Thames to Oxford.
Battling against Hampton Court maze, tents, locks, a cricket match, the rain and the Henley Regatta the accident-prone threesome have one success – they meet Sophie (Shirley Eaton), Primrose (Lisa Gastoni) and Bluebell (Jill Ireland).
The film is essentially a series of set pieces, and it’s very heavy on the slapstick (which hasn’t aged well).
Apparently, the book on which it was based (by someone called Jerome K Jerome) was quite good.
George
Laurence Harvey Harris
Jimmy Edwards J
David Tomlinson Sophie
Shirley Eaton Primrose
Lisa Gastoni Bluebell
Jill Ireland Mrs Willis
Martita Hunt Mrs Porterhouse
Joan Haythorne Mr Porterhouse
Campbell Cotts Clara
Adrienne Corri Ethelbertha
Noelle Middleton Mr Quilp
Charles Lloyd Pack Photographer
Robertson Hare
Director
Ken Annakin
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Battling against Hampton Court maze, tents, locks, a cricket match, the rain and the Henley Regatta the accident-prone threesome have one success – they meet Sophie (Shirley Eaton), Primrose (Lisa Gastoni) and Bluebell (Jill Ireland).
