Double Bunk

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Double Bunk
Directed by	C.M.Pennington-Richards
Produced by	George H. Brown
Written by	C.M.Pennington-Richards
Starring	Ian Carmichael Sid James Janette Scott Liz Fraser Dennis Price
Distributed by	Bryanston
Release date(s)	1961
Running time	92 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Double Bunk is a 1961 British black-and-white comedy set on a houseboat, that stars Ian Carmichael and Sid James.

[edit] Plot

When newlyweds Jack (Ian Carmichael) and Peggy (Janette Scott) face eviction from their rented London flat, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat by its current owner Alfred Harper (Reginald Beckwith) and his put upon wife (Irene Handl). Mr Watson (Dennis Price) owns Jack and Peggy’s moorings and soon makes their acquaintance by introducing them to his mooring tariffs and associated surcharges.

After rebuilding the engine with the help of his second hand car salesman friend Sid (Sid James), Jack and Peggy plan a trip down the Thames river to Ramsgate taking along Sid and his partner Sandra (Liz Fraser), on their way down the river they get into bother with the Thames Conservancy (Naunton Wayne) and also the River police (Terry Scott).

After Sandra's transistor radio gets misplaced next to the compass they manage to end up in Calais, and with no fuel and supplies, they have to resort to desperate actions to get themselves and their houseboat back home to Blighty. This involves Sandra putting on a striptease for Watson who also happens to be in Calais Harbour on his own boat, to enable Jack and Sid to borrow some of Watson’s fuel and food. The next morning they follow Watson back across the Channel as their own compass is broken and end up entering into a wager with Watson on who can get back to their mooring first.