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!

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.

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.

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Trivia: The first Carry On filmed in colour.

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.

More trivia for Carry on Cruising

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.

Marjoribanks: Gentlemen, have I your agreement for a policy of unremitting quasi-teutonic organisational protectionism?

Captain: I'm going to be blunt, and make some very cutting remarks.
Marjoribanks: To be sure, sir, that's a contradiction in terms, but then English is a very curious language.
Captain: If you interrupt me once more, Mr...?
Marjoribanks: Marjoribanks, sir.
Captain: You interrupt me once more, mate, and you'll hear some really curious language.

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