Carry On Columbus
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| Carry On Columbus | |
| Directed by | Gerald Thomas |
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| Produced by | Peter Rogers |
| Starring | Jim Dale Bernard Cribbins Rik Mayall Maureen Lipman Alexei Sayle Jon Pertwee Nigel Planer |
| Release date(s) | 1992 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £2,500,000 |
| Preceded by | Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) |
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.
It coincided with the production of two serious films commemorating the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas. The producers managed to persuade a number of alternative comedians such as Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Peter Richardson and Julian Clary to appear in the film, but it did not achieve any great commercial success and was panned by many critics. However, the film was more profitable than the two serious Columbus films - 1492: Conquest of Paradise and Christopher Columbus: The Discovery[citation needed].
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 the 9th November 1993.
For all its inadequacies as history, this movie shows some signs of serious historical research in its preparation. For example - in the attempt by the Spanish Inquisition to test the "Jewishness" of Columbus's navigator (Mordecai Mendoza) by pressing him to eat a ham sandwich. The Spanish Inquisition actually did things like this[citation needed].
Cast list
- Jim Dale: Christopher Columbus
- Bernard Cribbins: Mordecai Mendoza
- Maureen Lipman: Countess Esmeralda
- Peter Richardson: Bart Columbus
- Alexei Sayle: Achmed
- Rik Mayall: The Sultan
- Charles Fleischer: Pontiac
- Larry Miller: The Chief
- Nigel Planer: The Wazir
- Leslie Phillips: King Ferdinand
- June Whitfield: Queen Isabella
- Julian Clary: Don Juan Diego
- Sara Crowe: Fatima - at the time, Jim Dale's daughter-in-law
- Holly Aird: Maria
- Keith Allen: Pepi the Poisoner
- Martin Clunes: Martin
- Jack Douglas: Marco the Cereal Killer
- Allan Corduner: Sam
- Marc Sinden: Captain Perez
- James Faulkner: Torquemada
- Peter Gordeno: The Shaman
- Don Henderson: The Bosun
- Burt Kwouk: Wang
- Rebecca Lacey: Chiquita
- Chris Langham: Hubba
- Daniel Peacock: Tonto the Torch
- Jon Pertwee: Duke of Costa Brava
- Tony Slattery: Baba the Messenger
- Richard Wilson: Don Juan Felipe
- Andrew Bailey: Genghis
- Philip Herbert: Ginger
- David Boyce: Customer with Ear
- Sara Stockbridge: Nina the Model
- Dave Freeman: Inquisitor number 1
- Duncan Duff: Inquisitor number 2
- Jonathan Tafler: Inquisitor number 3
- James Pertwee: Inquisitor number 4
- Toby Dale: Inquisitor number 5
- Michael Hobbs: Inquisitor number 6
- Don Maclean: Inquisitor with Ham Sandwiches
- Su Douglas: Countess Joanna
- John Antrobus: Manservant
- Lynda Baron: Meg
- Nej Adamson: Fayid
- Mark Arden: Mark
- Selva Rasalingam: Abdullah
- Harold Berens: Cecil the Torturer
- Peter Gilmore: Governor of the Canaries
- Reed Martin: Poca Hontas
- Prudence Solomon: Ha Ha
- Peter Grant: Cardinal
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