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What Changed Charley Farthing? is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Sidney Hayers with Hayley Mills
What Changed Charley Farthing? (1976)
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Add to a movie listWhat Changed Charley Farthing? (also known as The Bananas Boat), is a 1974 British comedy film, directed by Sidney Hayers. It was filmed on location in Aguilas, Spain, which filled in for Havana. During filming on a ship in the bay, Lionel Jeffries dove into the water and went for a swim. He had swum several hundred feet from the ship when those on board noticed a motor boat approaching at high speed. As those on deck waved frantically at the boat, trying to warn of Jeffries’ presence in the water, those on the speeding boat thought they were just being friendly and waved back, oblivious to the actor bobbing in the water. They missed running him over by a mere few feet.
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Une drôle de farce qui raconte la fuite du dénommé Charley Farthing, poursuivi par un époux irascible, pour quitter une république bananière et retourner en Irlande .....Actors
Hayley Mills
(Jenny)
Lionel Jeffries
(Houlihan)
Doug McClure
(Charley Farthing)
Alberto de Mendoza
(Jumbo)
Warren Mitchell
(MacGregor)
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