Up the Creek (1958 film)

Up the Creek is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest which starred David Tomlinson, Peter Sellers, Wilfrid HydeWhite, David Lodge and Lionel Jeffries.

He discovers that the ship is woefully under strength and is forced to contend with the schemes of his bosn, Chief Petty Officer Dogerty Sellers. He and the crew are running several profitable businesses, including a sameday laundry, selling naval rum and cigarettes to the local pub, the Pig and Whistle, and making pies and pastries for sale to the villagers. They also keep pigs and hens.After the naive Fairweather is innocently drawn into the enterprises, he is politely blackmailed into covering for them. But when an Admiral makes a surprise inspection, the story eventually comes out. Whilst angrily haranguing them, Admiral Foley accidentally launches Fairweathers experimental rocket, and the ship is sunk. ........

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