Three Men in a Boat (1956 film)

Three Men in a Boat

Directed by	Ken Annakin
Produced by	John Woolf (uncredited) Jack Clayton
Written by	Hubert Gregg Vernon Harris Jerome K. Jerome (novel)
Starring	Laurence Harvey Jimmy Edwards David Tomlinson Shirley Eaton
Music by	John Addison
Cinematography	Eric Cross
Edited by	Ralph Kemplen
Production company	Romulus Films
Distributed by	Independent Film Distributors
Release dates	December 25, 1956
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£212,723^[1]

Three Men in a Boat is a 1956 British CinemaScope colour comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton and David Tomlinson.^[2] It is based on the 1889 novel Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success.

Synopsis

The movie 'Three Men in a Boat' is set in the Edwardian era, Harris, Jerome, and George about-town want to get away from it all and decide to take a holiday boating up the River Thames to Oxford, taking with them their dog Montmorency. George is happy to get away from his job at the bank. Harris is glad to get away from Mrs. Willis who is pressing him to marry her daughter Clara; and 'J' is more than anxious to take a holiday from his wife, Etherbertha. George meets three girls, Sophie Clutterhouse and sisters Bluebell and Primrose Porterhouse, who are also taking a ride up the river, and he hopes to see them again. The travellers get into all kinds of complications with the weather, the river, the boat, food, Hampton Court maze, tents, rain, locks. They do connect with the girls again and when things appear to be becoming interesting for the men, Mrs. Willis and her daughter and Ethelbertha show up and things become even more interesting.

Cast

Laurence Harvey - George
Jimmy Edwards - Harris
David Tomlinson - Jerome
Shirley Eaton - Sophie Clutterbuck
Jill Ireland - Bluebell Porterhouse
Lisa Gastoni - Primrose Porterhouse
Martita Hunt - Mrs Willis
Joan Haythorne - Mrs Porterhouse
Campbell Cotts - Ambrose Porterhouse
Adrienne Corri - Clara Willis
Noelle Middleton - Ethelbertha
Charles Lloyd-Pack - Mr Quilp
Robertson Hare - Photographer
A. E. Matthews - 1st Cricketer
Miles Malleson - 2nd Cricketer
Ernest Thesiger - Umpire

Reception

The film was the 12th most popular movie at the British box office in 1957.^[3]

References

↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p.509
↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049847/
↑ LINDSAY ANDERSON, and DAVID DENT. "Time For New Ideas." The Times [London, England] 8 Jan. 1958: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.

Films directed by Ken Annakin

It Began on the Clyde (1946)
Fenlands (1946)
Holiday Camp (1947)
Miranda (1948)
Broken Journey (1948)
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
Vote for Huggett (1949)
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
Landfall (1949)
Double Confession (1950)
Trio (1950)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
The Planter's Wife (1952)
The Sword and the Rose (1953)
You Know What Sailors Are (1954)
The Seekers (1954)
Value for Money (1955)
Loser Takes All (1956)
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
Across the Bridge (1957)
Nor the Moon by Night (1958)
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
Very Important Person (1961)
The Hellions (1961)
The Fast Lady (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Crooks Anonymous (1962)
The Informers (1963)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
Battle of the Bulge (1965)
The Long Duel (1967)
The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Monte Carlo or Bust! (1969)
The Call of the Wild (1972)
Paper Tiger (1975)
The Pirate (1978)
The Fifth Musketeer (1979)
Cheaper to Keep Her (1981)
The Pirate Movie (1982)
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

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