Carry on Cruising

Continuity mistake: When Sid James is trying to make his favourite alcoholic drink, an "Aberdeen Angus" he discards the wrong mixture into a vase. You see that the vase is filled up to the top but then in the next shot the vase is only half filled and is a different colour!

Visible crew/equipment: When the chef Wilfred Haines first walks into the scene at the beginning of the film, a shadow of the boom mic can be seen on his hat.

Continuity mistake: When chef Wilfred Haines is making the cake for the surprise party, the amount of mixture on his face changes between shots.

Continuity mistake: When chef Wilfred Haines picks up a dessert to have a look at it, you can see he is going to pick up the dessert fourth from the right of the bowl, but when the camera pans in, he picks up the dessert second from the right.

Continuity mistake: Before doing a speech at the party at the end of the film, Sid James is handed a message, which he puts in his pocket twice.

Continuity mistake: When Lance Percival gives Sid James a slice of the International cake, the slice is large and triangular, even though you can see the hole it was cut from is thin and rectangular.

Drunk Passenger: Love, hey?
Doctor: How did you know?
Drunk Passenger: That's why I drink. To forget her.
Doctor: Forget who?
Drunk Passenger: Blessed if I can remember.

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Trivia: Charles Hawtrey was intending to play the role of Wilfred Haines, but quit after a dispute with producer Peter Rogers over billing. This was the only "Carry On" film during his 14-year association with the series that Hawtrey did not appear in.

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