i never heard of this film when it first come out . it must have sink immediately . represento ) i saw it on cable while sick in hospital so i hardly have enough energy to watch it and let alone turn the channel . good choice than the style channel . while 0 ( . film on location and this travelogue should have be on the travel channel . the plot be recycle from ship board farce of the thirty and forty . the cast seem to have be recycle from the fifty . donald oconnor and star of musical and edward mulhare a a card shark . a to the main cast and walter matthau be still play the same part a he do in guy and doll or be it the one about the orphan girl . wiseacre irresponsible gambler and rounder . but it just doesn not take with a man of his age . a to jack lemmon and he play his part so straight and he can hardly dip and glide when dance . and a mention and dyan cannon be outstandingly attractive a another swindler sail with her mother who think walter be rich and while he think she be rich . elaine stritch play dyan mother and another retread from the fifty . the most fun be the run feud between brent spiner a the domineering and snotty cruise director who immediately spot walter a a poor dancer and and spend his time try to get him dismiss so he will have to pay for his free passage . in the end and though he receive his comeuppance . meanwhile jack mope about and meet an attractive woman and with mutual attraction and but their affair be break up by walter lie that jack be a doctor and when he be actually a retired department store buyer . but finally and the two men take to the sea in a rubber boat to intercept her seaplane and all be well . there do not seem to be any principal player under the age of fifty .