All at Sea (1977 film)

All at Sea
Directed by	Igor Auzins
Produced by	Howard Leeds
Written by	Hugh Stuckey
Based on	story by Howard Leeds
Starring	Johnny Pace; Harriet Pace; Mike Preston; Joe Martin; Noel Ferrier; Barry Creyton; Abigail; Stuart Wagstaff; Joy Chambers; Ugly Dave Gray
Cinematography	Paul Onorato
Production; company	Grundy Organisation
Distributed by	Network Ten
Release date	8 July 1977[1]
Running time	75 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

All at Sea is a 1977 Australian television film about a group of misfits on holiday on an island resort. It used the cast from The Celebrity Game.[2]

Premise

The adventures of various guests and staff at Sea Island Resort in Queensland. It is run by Mr Blimer with the help of John Bright. Blimer tries to seduce his assistant; a waitress, Joy, is constantly harassed by the guests but is working her own agenda; employee Mike likes Maryanne but winds up sleeping with the seemingly proper Miss Farrow; Arthur Pickering, is a government minister; a reverend, Parslow, is actually a thief.

Cast

Johnny Pace as John Bright
Mike Preston as Mike
Joe Martin as Joe, the barman
Joy Chambers as Joy
Harriet Pace (as "Harriet") as Miss Tuttle
Noel Ferrier as Mr. Blimer
Johnny Lockwood as Reverend Parslow/George Parsons
Abigail as Denise Demour
Stuart Wagstaff as Mr Arthur Pickering
Cornelia Frances as Miss Farrow
Sheila Kennelly as Mrs. Hand
Ugly Dave Gray as Dick Goscomb
Barry Creyton as Dennis Radley
Megan Williams as Maryanne Hand
Barbara Wyndon
Jacqueline Kott
Garry Keane
Sheryl Sciro
Ray Marshall
Alan Penney

Production

The film was a rare comedy from the Grundy Organisation. Reg Grundy claimed he was the one who had the idea of making an Australian TV movie in the vein of the Carry On films featuring the most popular comics in the country. He pitched the idea to Ian Holmes at Channel Ten who agreed to finance it. Grundy's wife Joy Chambers was then a panelist on The Celebrity Game on Channel Ten, and she also appeared in the cast.[3]

Grundy assigned producing duties to Howard Leeds who had recently joined Grundys from Hollywood. "So here I had an American producing a show that was based entirely on English comedy with mostly Australian actors", Grundy later wrote. "It was a mishmash."[4]

The Johnny Lockwood part was originally offered to John Meillon who turned it down.[5]

The film was shot in Sydney over 12 days in February 1977 at locations including the Shore Motel at Artarmon, the Pasadena Hotel, Church Point, Sacha's Restaurant, the Newport Hotel and Newport.[6]

Reception

Grundy wrote in his 2010 memoirs that the movie "got a twenty-one rating which these days would be a hit but back then was just okay. Howard [Leeds] had struck out."[4] No TV station wanted to pick it up and turn it into a series.[7]

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References

"TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1977. p. 60.
Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5
"Joy's happy as a doctor in distress". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 30 September 1981. p. 133. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
Reg Grundy, Reg Grundy, Pier 9, 2010 p 183
"WHAT WILL THEY SAY WHEN I WALK AWAY ?". Tharunka. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove.
"All at Sea". Oz Movies.
"Grundy boss: IT'S DRAMA '80". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1980. p. 205 Supplement: TV Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

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[1] "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1977. p. 60.

[scott-2] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p5

[3] "Joy's happy as a doctor in distress". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 30 September 1981. p. 133. Retrieved 14 July 2013.

[reg-4] Reg Grundy, Reg Grundy, Pier 9, 2010 p 183

[5] "WHAT WILL THEY SAY WHEN I WALK AWAY ?". Tharunka. New South Wales, Australia. 24 October 1977. p. 22. Retrieved 13 June 2020 – via Trove.

[6] "All at Sea". Oz Movies.

[7] "Grundy boss: IT'S DRAMA '80". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 14 May 1980. p. 205 Supplement: TV Weekly. Retrieved 14 July 2013.