The narrow-boats Banstead and Bellerophon which were used in the film were built in 1936 and are still in existence (2016). Bellerophon became a horse drawn trip-boat on the River Wey and was renamed Iona. In this guise it made an appearance in the British TV soap Coronation Street (1960).
Banstead continued to work for British Waterways until 1969 when it was sold to private use and after a career as camping boat and tearoom, Banstead is now fully restored to working condition and can often be seen on the Grand Union canal where it remains a minor celebrity, as many locals still remember the filming of The Bargee (1964) with fond memories.
Harry H.Corbett started wearing a toupee by this point of his career. It can occasionally be noticed in SE camera angles.
At 1 hour 27 minutes, uncredited appearance of Anthony Chinn as a crowd member behind Julia Foster's left shoulder during a stand-off with Hugh Griffith.
In a 2019 review for the Radio Times, David Parkinson wrote, "The poverty of the plot (in which Corbett's Lothario of the Locks is duped into matrimony) is nothing next to its intrinsic sexism. Corbett tuts and shrugs with characteristic melancholy, but to little effect."
Both Ronnie Barker and Brian Wilde would go on to appear in Porridge.