Main Cast: Jim Dale, Bernard Cribbins, Maureen Lipman, Peter Richardson, Alexei Sayle
Release Year: 1992
Country: UK
Run Time: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
In this last gasp of the "Carry On" series, minus most of the "Carry On" players, Jim Dale plays Spanish map-maker Christopher Columbus, who has a plan to navigate a new route to India, bypassing the Sultan of Turkey (Rik Mayall) and his sky-high tributes. He convinces King Ferdinand of Spain (Leslie Phillips) and Queen Isabella (June Whitfield) to finance his trip, and he sets off for points east with a cabin boy in tow. But what Columbus doesn't realize is that his cabin boy is, in fact, a cabin girl. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
Rik Mayall - Sultan of Turkey; Charles Fleischer - Pontiac; Larry Miller - Indian Chief; Nigel Planer - Grand Wazir; Leslie Phillips - King Ferdinand; June Whitfield - Isabella of Spain; Holly Aird - Maria; Keith Allen - Pepi the Portuguese Poisoner; Harold Berens - Cecil the Torturer; Alan Corduner - Sam; Jack Douglas - Marco the Cereal Killer; James Faulkner - Torquemada; Jon Pertwee - Duke of Costa Brava; Tony Slattery - Baba the Messenger; Sarah Stockbridge - Nina the Model; Lynda Baron - Meg; David Boyce - Customer with ear; Martin Clunes - Martin; Peter Gilmore - Governor of the Canaries; Peter Gordeno - The Shaman; Burt Kwouk - Wang; Chris Langham - Hubba; Tom Laughlin - The Bosun; Prudence Solomon - Ha Ha; John Antrobus - Manservant; Mark Sinden - Captain Perez; Richard Wilson - Felipe
Credit
Peter Childs - Art Director, Gerald Thomas - Director
Carry On Columbus was a 1992 film, and the last in the Carry On films series. It was the first Carry On film to have been made since 1978's Carry On Emmannuelle.
Original Carry On performer Frankie Howerd was signed up to appear, but he died shortly before he was due to film his role. His part as the King of Spain was offered to original series regular Bernard Bresslaw, who turned it down. Leslie Phillips eventually took on the role, playing opposite June Whitfield as the Queen, a role turned down by both Joan Sims and Barbara Windsor.
This was to be the last film that Gerald Thomas was to direct, as he died on 9 November 1993.
