this film be brilliant and so funny and typical of the ealing comedy with a weird twist mind . the funny part be alec guinness eccentricity and especially the dancing when he be arrest by the police and also his house on the pier itself and so funny to see him pace up and down in his little house quite literally up and down . the ealing comedy always seem to have an element of the small people overcome the adversity of the large institution and this film be typical of this by alec guinness sole attempt to fight the decision to pull down the pier . the weird twist be the crazy idea of run the pier a a ship and and take a while to get your head round this idea and but once you do you can appreciate the film even more and if you do not well you will think the film a load of old tosh . love it or loath it . i personally love it . incidentally the pier use be the old pier at hunstanton that be there before the eyesore they have there now and not too far from me some lovely shot of hunstanton a well in the film real nostalgia . ealing comedy be excellent and be simply in a league of their own and this i feel should get more recognition and like ladykillers etc .