What Changed Charley Farthing?

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What Changed Charley Farthing?
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Original British quad poster
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Written by
  • David Pursall
  • Jack Seddon
Based onWhat Changed Charley Farthing? by John Harris
Starring
CinematographyGraham Edgar
Edited by Bernard Gribble
Music by
Production
company
Patuna Productions
Distributed by Fox-Rank
Release date
  • 27 April 1975 (1975-04-27)
Running time
109 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • Spain
LanguageEnglish

What Changed Charley Farthing? (also known as The Bananas Boat), is a 1975 comedy film directed by Sidney Hayers, starring Doug McClure, Lionel Jeffries, and Hayley Mills. [1] [2] It is based on the 1965 novel of the same title by John Harris (as Mark Hebden).

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Premise

Roaming sailor Charley Farthing is paid to give safe passage out of revolutionary Cuba to a young woman (Hayley Mills) and her father (Lionel Jeffries).

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London, and on location in Aguilas in Spain, which filled in for Havana. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lionel Couch and Enrique Alarcón.

Release

What Changed Charley Farthing? was not released in the United States until January 1976. [3]

Critical reception

TV Guide called the film "a total misfire." [4]

The Spectator called it "a nice piece of slapstick". [5]

Filmink called it "a painful attempt at an African Queen-type jaunt... with Mills attempting an odd accent and seeming unhappy." [6]

Leslie Halliwell said: "Weirdly ineffective comedy actioner which never gets started and should never have been thought of." [7]

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References

  1. "What Changed Charley Farthing? (1974)". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
  2. WHAT CHANGED CHARLEY FARTHING? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 42, Iss. 492, (Jan 1, 1975): 118.
  3. "What Changed Charley Farthing? - Film from RadioTimes".
  4. "What Changed Charley Farthing?".
  5. What Changed Charley Farthing? Robinson, Kenneth. The Spectator; London Vol. 234, Iss. 7661, (Apr 26, 1975): 522.
  6. Vagg, Stephen (19 March 2022). "Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills". Filmink.
  7. Halliwell, Leslie (1989). Halliwell's Film Guide (7th ed.). London: Paladin. p. 1103. ISBN   0586088946.