Comedy
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
Directed by
Robert Asher
Michael Caine
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Oliver Reed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Norman Wisdom
Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
John Le Mesurier
Prosecuting Counsel
Terence Alexander
Defending Counsel
Sheila Hancock
Doris (uncredited)
Ian Hunter
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
Philip Locke
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Sydney Tafler
Speedboat Owner
Edward Chapman
Mr. Philpots
David Lodge
Chief Petty Officer Knowles
Liz Fraser
NAAFI Girl
John Arnatt
Briggs (uncredited)
Peter Jones
Diving Instructor
Bryan Pringle
Physical Training Instructor (uncredited)
Joe Robinson
Tall Sailor
Imogen Hassall
Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Robert Urquhart
Commander Clayton
Johnny Briggs
Johnny Nolan
Eddie Byrne
Petty Officer Filkins
William Roache
Space Centre Operator (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Gym Instructor (uncredited)
Frank Williams
Mr. Carruthers
Harold Goodwin
Streaky Hopkinson
Cyril Chamberlain
Jimmy (uncredited)
Brian Oulton
Bert Ainsworth
Penny Morrell
Miss Marlene Barlow
Leonard Sachs
Yachtsman (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)
Roland Curram
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
Larry Dann
New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)
Claire Gordon
Blonde on Yacht
Roy Lansford
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Julie Shearing
WRN Smith
Bosun
Bosun the Dog
Alan Beaton
Commander (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff
Sailor (uncredited)
Tony Castleton
Sailor (uncredited)
Bill Cummings
Sailor (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Tex Fuller
Sailor (uncredited)
Rosamund Lesley
Peggy (uncredited)
Keith Peacock
Sailor (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
Audience Member (uncredited)
Fred Real
Commander (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar
Instructor's Assistant (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Sailor (uncredited)
Anne Scott
Polynesian Girl (uncredited)
John Tatham
Naval Officer (uncredited)

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