Land of Oz

Old Movie

I'm going to try posting a question here and see if anyone answers. I'm trying to track down an old movie I once saw. I'm guessing it's from the 40s or 50s and was black and white. It was a British comedy and took place on an amusement pier in England. I think for some reason the powers to be wanted to shut the pier down and the hero comes along and saves it.

A couple of scenes I seem to recall include the hero proving that a pinball machine wasn't a gambling devices, since it took skill to score and there's also an image of them using these pedal water cars (maybe ducks or swans?) to fight off some kind of attempt to take over the pier.

I thought I remembered Kenneth More (from Sink the Bismarck, and A Night to Remember, among others) being in it, but a review of his filmography proved unrewarding.

I've googled and yahooed for it with no luck. If anyone has an idea of what movie I'm talking about, please let me know.

And while I'm on British entertainment, I'm also trying to discover the identity of a UK comedian (I think Scot, but I could be wrong) that I saw on BBC back in the early 80s. As I remember he played several string instruments, wore suspenders and large glasses and had frizzy red hair. He did several comedy stories, one about a man who ate too spicy food in an Indian restaurant, dies from a fart, and ends up haunting it. The other story I remember was about a girlfriend visiting in a truck stop.

If you know the identity of either of these, please take a sec to let me know.