What Changed Charley Farthing?

What Changed Charley Farthing?
What Changed Charley Farthing?
	Fox-Rank
Release date	27 April 1975
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; Spain;
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.

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

Doug McClure as Charley Farthing
Lionel Jeffries as Houlihan
Hayley Mills as Jenny
Warren Mitchell as MacGregor
Dilys Hamlett as Miss Parchment
Alberto de Mendoza as Jumbo
Victor Israel
as Christmas
Fernando Sancho as Lupez
Luis Marín as Hatta
Ricardo Palacios as Greek Captain

Production

The film was shot at

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, when it was retitled The Bananas Boat.[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]

References

^ "What Changed Charley Farthing? (1974)". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016.
^ WHAT CHANGED CHARLEY FARTHING? Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 42, Iss. 492, (Jan 1, 1975): 118.
^ "What Changed Charley Farthing? - Film from RadioTimes".
^ "What Changed Charley Farthing?".
^ What Changed Charley Farthing? Robinson, Kenneth. The Spectator; London Vol. 234, Iss. 7661, (Apr 26, 1975): 522.
^ Vagg, Stephen (19 March 2022). "Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills". Filmink.