All at Sea

All at Sea is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Googie Withers, Tyrell Davis and Rex Harrison. Its plot follows a young man who falls in love during a cruise, and takes up a false identity as a famous writer to impress her. Made as a quota quickie by Fox Film at Wembley Studios, it is an adaptation of the 1931 play Mr Faint-Heart by Ian Hay. Premise When mild mannered Joe (Tyrell Davis) comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attracts various attractive women to him on the voyage, but his deceptions start to land him in trouble. Cast Tyrell Davis as Joe Finch Googie Withers as Daphne Tomkins James Carew as Julius Mablethorpe Cecily Byrne as Mary Maggs Rex Harrison as Aubrey Bellingham Dorothy Vernon as Mrs. Humphrey James Harcourt as Mr. Humphrey Colin Lesslie as Tony Lambert