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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.
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 17, 2009
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Cast
Full credits →N
Norman Wisdom
Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
I
Ian Hunter
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
D
David Lodge
Chief Petty Officer Knowles
R
Robert Urquhart
Commander Clayton
E
Edward Chapman
Mr. Philpots
E
Eddie Byrne
Petty Officer Filkins
P
Peter Jones
Diving Instructor
J
John Le Mesurier
Prosecuting Counsel
T
Terence Alexander
Defending Counsel
S
Sydney Tafler
Speedboat Owner
B
Brian Oulton
Bert Ainsworth
H
Harold Goodwin
Streaky Hopkinson
J
Johnny Briggs
Johnny Nolan
F
Frank Williams
Mr. Carruthers
J
Joe Robinson
Tall Sailor
L
Liz Fraser
NAAFI Girl
P
Penny Morrell
Miss Marlene Barlow
C
Claire Gordon
Blonde on Yacht
J
Julie Shearing
WRN Smith
J
John Arnatt
Briggs (uncredited)
