Description
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.
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Release Date1960
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Runtime1 hr 37 min
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Languageen
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Rating5.8 (16)
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Genres
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DirectorRobert Asher
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CastNorman WisdomIan HunterDavid LodgeRobert UrquhartEdward ChapmanEddie ByrnePeter JonesJohn Le MesurierTerence AlexanderSydney TaflerBrian OultonHarold GoodwinJohnny BriggsFrank WilliamsJoe RobinsonLiz FraserPenny MorrellClaire GordonJulie ShearingBosunJohn ArnattJohn BaileyAlan BeatonMichael CaineRodney CardiffTony CastletonCyril ChamberlainBill CummingsRoland CurramLarry DannRobert DesmondChick FowlesTex FullerSheila HancockImogen HassallGlyn HoustonRoy LansfordRosamund LesleyPhilip LockeKeith PeacockGeremy PhillipsBryan PringleFred RealOliver ReedWilliam RoacheLeonard SachsAnthony SagarArnold SchulkesAnne ScottJohn Tatham
