Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) Three Men in a Boat (1956 film) Three Men in a Boat is a 1956 British CinemaScope colour comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton and David Tomlinson. It is based on the 1889 novel "Three Men in a Boat" by Jerome K. Jerome. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. The film is set in the Edwardian era, Harris, J, and George, want to get away from it all and decide to take a holiday boating up the River Thames to Oxford, taking with them their dog Montmorency. George
Three Men in a Boat pirate printers. The book was translated into many languages. The Russian edition was particularly successful and became a standard school textbook. Jerome later complained in a letter to "The Times" of Russian books not written by him, published under his name to benefit from his success. Since its publication, "Three Men in a Boat" has never been out of print. It continues to be popular, with "The Guardian" ranking it No. 33 of "The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time" in 2003, and no. 25 in 2015 and "Esquire" ranking it No. 2 in the "50 Funniest Books Ever" in