Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be titled Up the Armada, but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title.
The most underrated Carry On movie Look I get it, there's no Sid James 'phwoaring' at a semi naked Barbara Windsor, Joan Simms acting jealous, Kenneth Connor sweating and mumbling or Hattie Jacques on the edge of madness but Carry On Jack is better than to rely on the same tricks. It is a film with clear character motivations, a narrative that logically flows, a variety to its comedy and a strong lead. Carry On Jack is admittedly not a clear title, so here's the low-down. Bernard Cribbins plays Albert Poopdecker who joins a frigate after the Napoleonic war encountering a series of different challenges, aiming to survive. Such challenges involve pirates, mutiny and mistaken identity. Unlike Carry On Cruising, we aren't confined to the ship for the entirety of the runtime. We're given a variety of situations that are mined for comedic value. The film starts on land with Poopdecker ending up in a brothel and ends in the Admiral's office. Consequentially the film doesn't feel chea
