wonderful film with a lot of tongue in cheek humour . alec guiness be excellent a an descendant of a family full of ( in ) famous captain who have just one little problem to follow in there footsteps represent he have a bad case of seasickness . so he decide to buy a 1000 foot pier and run it a a ship . the city council though have other plan with de seafront and the pier do not really fit into their plan . the captain can only do one thing represent declare his pier a a proper cruise ship . this be a film that fit in with the other small masterpiece make by ealing studio in the fifty and i can really recommend it .