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    Carry On Columbus (1992)

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    Lisbon 1492: Christopher Columbus (Jim Dale) sets sail with his brother Bart (Peter Richardson) and a motley crew, made up mostly of refugees from the Spanish Inquisition, to discover a direct sea route to the Far East.

    He does not realise that two spies, planted by the Sultan of Turkey, are on board.

    With many of the original Carry On regulars (Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Williams, Kenneth Connor) no longer with us or (sensibly) otherwise engaged, it was left to more contemporary comedians such as Alexei Sayle, Julian Clary, Rik Mayall and Tony Slattery to put the final nail in the Carry On coffin with a cacophony of puerile jokes and plenty of general atrociousness.

    The new cast members look dreadfully embarrassed to be here and contribute wooden performances. Maureen Lipman is equally awful as Esmeralda.

    The movie mainly fails because the Carry On films are part of British comedy nostalgia, and, like many other historic things (the three-day week, the Blitz, rationing), they are probably best remembered rather than re-created.

    Perhaps the other reason this flopped is that the supposedly serious Christopher Columbus: The Discovery, with Marlon Brando, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Tom Selleck, released in the same year, was much funnier.

    The budget for Carry On Columbus was £2.5 million (compared to the first of the series, Carry On Sergeant (1958), which was made for just £74,000).

    Christopher Columbus
    Jim Dale
    Mordecai Mendoza
    Bernard Cribbins
    Countess Esme
    Maureen Lipman
    Bart
    Peter Richardson
    Achmed
    Alexei Sayle
    Sultan
    Rik Mayall
    Pontiac
    Charles Fleischer
    The Chief
    Larry Miller
    Wazir
    Nigel Planer
    King Ferdinand of Spain
    Leslie Phillips
    Queen Isabella
    June Whitfield
    Diego
    Julian Clary
    Fatima
    Sara Crowe
    Maria
    Holly Aird
    Martin
    Martin Clunes
    Pepi
    Keith Allen
    Marco the Cereal Killer
    Jack Douglas
    Sam
    Allan Corduner
    Torquemada
    James Faulkner
    The Shaman
    Peter Gordeno
    The Bosun
    Don Henderson
    Wang
    Burt Kwouk
    Chiquita
    Rebecca Lacey
    Hubba
    Chris Langham
    Tonto the Torch
    Danny Peacock
    Duke of Costa Brava
    Jon Pertwee
    Baba the Messenger
    Tony Slattery
    Don Felipe
    Richard Wilson

    Director
    Gerald Thomas

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