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