M’Lord?; The Last Detective; Casualty; Murder in Suburbia; Doctors and Nurses and Holby City.
COX, IAN
Technical Advisor on Jack
Lieutenant Commander Ian Cox supplied his naval expertise for other films, such as 1970’s Hell Boats.
COX, JENNY
Role: Veronica in Behind
Born in Abervale, South Wales, Jenny Cox completed her education at Watford Grammar School and joined the local rep, making her debut as a prostitute in The Hostage. She moved on to begin her acting career in earnest at the Oxford Playhouse.
Her stage career has included a host of productions, including The Dirtiest Show in Town and Pyjama Tops, while her occasional small-screen appearances during the 1970s and ’80s include, among others, Steptoe and Son, Rings On Their Fingers, Shoestring, The Chinese Detective and Thames Television’s Spasms in 1977. She also played Dr Livingstone in the 1974 film, Can You Keep It Up for a Week?.
C. R. & J. BRAY
The establishment, which is next-door to D.L. Randall’s, is a tobacconist and newsagent. The front of the property is seen in Behind.
CRIBBINS, BERNARD
Roles: Midshipman Albert Poop-Decker in Jack, Harold Crump in Spying and Mordecai Mendoza in Columbus
Born in Oldham, Lancashire, in 1928, Bernard Cribbins began acting at the age of fourteen upon joining his local repertory company as an assistant stage manager. By the 1950s, he was playing leading roles on the West End stage and featuring in his own revue.
He began appearing on the screen in the late-1950s, with one-off roles in series like The Vise and small parts in films such as The Yangtse Incident and Davy, but it was the 1960s in which he attained national recognition. As well as releasing three novelty records, including Hole in the Ground, which climbed to number nine in 1962, he appeared in a string of films and television shows. His big-screen credits include Two Way Stretch, The Wrong Arm of the Law, Crooks in Cloisters, The Sandwich Man, The Railway Children and Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective. On television, he’s appeared in programmes such as The Troubleshooters, Fawlty Towers, Tales of the Unexpected, Barbara, High and Dry and, most recently, Coronation Street, as Wally Bannister. He’s also remembered for providing the voices to the Wombles on television.
CRIMINAL TYPE
Played by Victor Maddern
When PC Benson steps in and stops someone who he thinks is about to steal a car, he doesn’t realise he’s just stopped Detective Sergeant Liddell from CID.
CROMWELL, THOMAS
Played by Kenneth Williams
Henry VIII’s chancellor is seen in Henry rushing around trying to satisfy his employer’s every need. When money needs to be raised to pay for the King’s annulment, Cromwell comes up with the bright idea for taxing sex, called Sex Enjoyment Tax.
CROOK
Played by Freddie Mills
Seen in Constable, the crook and his accomplices have just robbed a jewellery shop when PC Potter, a callow new police constable, taps him on the shoulder as he climbs into the getaway car and asks for directions to the police station, totally oblivious to the fact that he’s just committed a crime.
CROSS, LARRY
Role: Perkins in Cowboy
Larry Cross, who died in 1976, appeared on television from the 1950s, and among his credits were roles in Sailor of Fortune, International Detective, The Saint, Man of the World, Man in a Suitcase, Callan, The Troubleshooters, Thriller and Hadleigh. In films he was seen in, among others, Time Lock, The Mouse on the Moon, Battle Beneath the Earth and his last film, 1975’s The Wind and the Lion.
CROW, DR
Played by Judith Furse
In charge of the subversive organisation STENCH, Dr Crow is seen in Spying. A threat to all mankind, Crow is responsible for the murder of Professor Stark and the stealing of a top-secret formula.
CROWFOOT, ESME
Played by Joan Sims
A client of the Wedded Bliss Agency who’s personally vetted – on a regular basis to the disgust of Sophie – by Sidney Bliss, who fancies her rotten. The thirty-five-year-old corset specialist lives in a flat at 32 Rogerham Mansions, Dunham Road, London W23, and used to date a man-mountain of a wrestler, Gripper Burke, until he went to fight in America. When he returns, they rekindle their relationship and end up getting engaged.
Bernard Cribbins (right) makes the first of three Carry On appearances (Jack)
CARRY ON CRUISING
An Anglo Amalgamated film
A Peter Rogers production
Distributed through Warner-Pathe Distribution Ltd
From a story by Eric Barker
Released as a U certificate in 1962 in colour
Running time: 89 mins
CAST
| Sidney James | Captain Wellington Crowther |
| Kenneth Williams | Leonard Marjoribanks |
| Kenneth Connor | Dr Arthur Binn |
| Liz Fraser | Glad Trimble |
| Dilys Laye | Flo Castle |
| Esma Cannon | Bridget Madderley |
| Lance Percival | Wilfred Haines |
| Jimmy Thompson | Sam Turner |
| Ronnie Stevens | Drunk |
| Vincent Ball | Jenkins |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Tom Tree |
| Willoughby Goddard | Very Fat Man |
| Ed Devereaux | Young Officer |
| Brian Rawlinson | Steward |
| Anton Rodgers | Young Man |
| Anthony Sagar | Cook |
| Terence Holland | Passer-by |
| Mario Fabrizi | Cook |
| Evan David | Bridegroom |
| Marian Collins | Bride |
| Jill Mai Meredith | Shapely Miss |
| Alan Casley | Kindly Seaman |
(Note: the song sung by Dr Binn while attempting to serenade Flo was recorded by Roberto Cardinali, for a fee of £75.)
PRODUCTION TEAM
Screenplay by Norman Hudis
Music composed and conducted by Bruce Montgomery and Douglas Gamley
Director of Photography: Alan Hume
Art Director: Carmen Dillon
Editor: John Shirley
Production Manager: Bill Hill
Camera Operator: Dudley Lovell
Assistant Director: Jack Causey
Sound Editors: Arthur Ridout and Archie Ludski
Sound Recordists: Robert T. MacPhee and Bill Daniels
Continuity: Penny Daniels
Make-up: George Blackler and Geoffrey Rodway
Hairdressing: Biddy Chrystal
Costume Designer: Joan Ellacott
Casting Director: Betty White
Beachwear for Miss Fraser and Miss Laye by ‘Silhouette’
The producers acknowledged the