To its credit, a certain nonchalant humour infects some of this film’s running gags – which are really all that the plot consists of – like Wisdom forced to skip after a departing speedboat with his foot caught in an anchor rope, or a series of fades on him painting the side of a ship as the tide rises, finally having to emerge from beneath the water to grab a breath of air and a brushful of paint. But the bulk of the gags – an inordinate number of which seem to endlessly play on various people being pushed into the water – are much more tiresome. The science-fiction angle comes out disappointingly – not that one expected more – with the final rocket launch being represented only by cartoon animation.