What Changed Charley Farthing? | |
Director: | Sidney Hayers |
Based On: | What Changed Charley Farthing? by John Harris |
Cinematography: | Graham Edgar |
Editing: | Bernard Gribble |
Studio: | Patuna Productions |
Distributor: | Fox-Rank |
Runtime: | 109 minutes |
Language: | English |
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).
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).
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.
What Changed Charley Farthing? was not released in the United States until January 1976.[3]
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]