Rich and Strange

Fred (Henry Kendall) and Emily Hill (Joan Barry) are living a mundane middle-class life in London. Fred quits his job as a clerk and they leave on a cruise for "the Orient" Fred is immediately smitten with a German "princess" who hits him in the eye with the rope ring used to play deck tennis. Both begin spending their time on board with their new paramours to the virtual exclusion of each other. The couple have only enough money to clear their hotel bill and to book passage home to England.