The Bulldog Breed

Norman Puckle a wellmeaning but clumsy grocers assistant cant seem to do anything right After being rejected by Marlene the love of his life he attempts suicide but cant even do that He is saved from jumping off a cliff at Lovers Leap by a Royal Navy petty officer He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy where hell meet lots of girls Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as its been described and Puckle fails at every task during basic training But despite this hes 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