Comedy · United Kingdom · 1964 · 1h 42m

The Bargee

Director

Cast

Harry H. Corbett as Hemel Pike Hugh Griffith as Joe Turnbull Eric Sykes as The Mariner Ronnie Barker as Ronnie Julia Foster as Christine Turnbull Miriam Karlin as Nellie Marsh

Crew

Alan Simpson — Writer Ray Galton — Writer

Synopsis

After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.

Key Collaborators

Duncan Wood Director Alan Simpson Writer Ray Galton Writer

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