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{{Short description|1965 British film by Jeremy Summers}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = San Ferry Ann
| image = San_Ferry_Ann_San_Ferry_Ann_film_poster_(1965_film1965).jpgpng
| image_size =
| caption = OpeningPromotional title cardposter
| director = [[Jeremy Summers]]
| producer screenplay = [[Bob Kellett]]
| screenplayproducer = Bob Kellett
| narrator =
| starring = [[Wilfrid Brambell]]<br> [[Barbara Windsor]] <br>[[Joan Sims]] <br>[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] <br>[[Graham Stark]]
| music narrator = Burnell Whibley
| cinematography = [[Billy Williams (cinematographer)|Billy Williams]]
| editing = Albert J. Gell
| music = Burnell Whibley
| studio = Dormar Productions Ltd.
| distributor = [[British Lion Films|British Lion]] {{small|(UK)}}<br>[[Digital Classics DVD]]
| released = {{Film date|1965|9|5}}
| runtime = 55 min.minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''San Ferry Ann''''' is a 1965 British [[sound effect comedy]] directed by [[Jeremy Summers]] with an ensemble cast including [[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Wilfrid Brambell]], [[Rodney Bewes]] and [[Barbara Windsor]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{citeCite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b505f84 |title=San Ferry Ann (1965)|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://mubicollections-search.combfi.org.uk/filmsweb/Details/sanChoiceFilmWorks/150052872 |access-ferry-ann|titledate=San10 FerryNovember 2023 Ann|publisherwebsite=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> It was written and produced by [[Bob Kellett]]. Wordlessly, with soundtrack and sound effects, it tells the story of a holiday crossing from [[Dover]] to [[Calais]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/26/jeremy-summers-obituary|The title=Jeremy Summersis obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=26a Decembercorruption 2016|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{citeof web|url=http://www.blu-ray.com/San-Ferry-Ann/723163/|title=Santhe FerryFrench Annphrase "ça (1965)|publisher=}}</ref>ne fait rien", meaning "it doesn't matter".
 
==SynopsisPlot==
A motley crewgroup of British characters ride the [[Free Enterprise II|''San Ferry Ann'']] to the shores of [[France]], where they embark on a weekend of calamity. A campervan family, led by Dad and Mum, create chaos from the moment they set their tyres on the shore, resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarmerie. Lewd Grandad finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a crazy German ex-soldier. Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker, who causes a few heads to turn, including that of a fellow traveller, who pursues her affection with comic results.
 
==Cast==
A campervan family led by Dad and Mum ([[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] and [[Joan Sims]]) create chaos from the moment they set their tyres on the shore resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarmerie. Lewd Grandad ([[Wilfrid Brambell]]) finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a crazy German ex-soldier ([[Ron Moody]]).
*[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] -as Dad
*[[Joan Sims]] -as Mum
*[[Wilfrid Brambell]] -as Grandad
*[[Barbara Windsor]] -as Hitchhikerhitchhiker
*[[Ron Moody]] -as Thethe German
*[[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] -as Hitchhikerhitchhiker
*[[Rodney Bewes]] -as Loverlover Boyboy
*[[Catherine Feller]] -as Loverlover Girlgirl
*[[Graham Stark]] -as Gendarmegendarme
*[[Lynne Carol]] -as Grandma
*[[Warren Mitchell]] -as Maitre d'Hotel
*[[Aubrey Woods]] -as Immigration Officer
*[[Hugh Paddick]] -as French Commercial Travellercommercial traveller
*[[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] -as Madamemadame
*[[Sandor Elès]] -as Shopshop Attendantattendant
*[[Fred Emney]] -as Gourmetgourmet
*[[Thomas Gallagher (actor)|Thomas Gallagher]] as gardener
*[[Barrie Gosney]] -as Minimini Dad
* [[Paul Grist (actor)|Paul Grist]] as Ship's Officer
*[[Bettina Le Beau|Bettine Le Beau]] -as French War Museum Attendantattendant
*[[Andreas Malandrinos]] -as Garagegarage Mechanicmechanic
*[[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]] -as GarageBritish Mechanictourist in garage
*[[Henry Woolf]] -as French Vanvan Driverdriver
*[[Tex Fuller]] -as Oniononion Manman (uncredited)
 
== Critical reception ==
Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker ([[Barbara Windsor]]), who causes a few heads to turn including that of a fellow traveller ([[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]]) who pursues her affection with comic results.
''[[Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' said "A singularly unfunny attempt on the part of Dormar to follow up the success of their amusing little silent comedy ''[[A Home of Your Own|A Home Of Your Own]],'' this is the kind of film in which people go through the motions of being seasick in mime, and for which the soundtrack is so loud that the noise of air issuing from a punctured tyre is almost more than flesh and blood can stand. Full of lavatory jokes and based on the most crude and superficial observation, it indicates with some force that [[Jay Lewis]] (who directed and co-scripted the earlier film) and his photographer [[Denys Coop]], were vital ingredients in what only seemed to be a simple success formula."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1965 |title=San Ferry Ann |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305827651 |journal=[[Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=32 |issue=372 |pages=141 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>
 
==Cast Releases ==
The film appears on the 2021 Network [[Blu-ray]] anthology ''[[Futtocks End]] and Other Stories'', along with ''A Home of Your Own'' (1965) and ''Vive le Sport'' (1969), all of which were produced by Kellet.
*[[David Lodge (actor)|David Lodge]] - Dad
*[[Joan Sims]] - Mum
*[[Wilfrid Brambell]] - Grandad
*[[Barbara Windsor]] - Hitchhiker
*[[Ron Moody]] - The German
*[[Ronnie Stevens (actor)|Ronnie Stevens]] - Hitchhiker
*[[Rodney Bewes]] - Lover Boy
*[[Catherine Feller]] - Lover Girl
*[[Graham Stark]] - Gendarme
*[[Lynne Carol]] - Grandma
*[[Warren Mitchell]] - Maitre d'Hotel
*[[Aubrey Woods]] - Immigration Officer
*[[Hugh Paddick]] - French Commercial Traveller
*[[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] - Madame
*[[Sandor Elès]] - Shop Attendant
*[[Fred Emney]] - Gourmet
*[[Thomas Gallagher]] - Gardener
*[[Barrie Gosney]] - Mini Dad
*[[Bettina Le Beau|Bettine Le Beau]] - French War Museum Attendant
*[[Andreas Malandrinos]] - Garage Mechanic
*[[Brian Murphy (actor)|Brian Murphy]] - Garage Mechanic
*[[Henry Woolf]] - French Van Driver
*[[Tex Fuller]] - Onion Man (uncredited)
 
== References ==
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