December 13, 1960
97 minutes
Comedy
The Bulldog Breed
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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Cast
Norman Wisdom
(Norman)
Ian Hunter
(Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth)
David Lodge
(Chief Petty Officer Knowles)
John Le Mesurier
(Prosecuting counsel)
Terence Alexander
(Defending Counsel)
Michael Caine
(Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited))
Oliver Reed
(Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited))
Robert Urquhart
(Cmdr. Clayton)
Edward Chapman
(Mr. Philpots)
Liz Fraser
(NAAFI Girl)
Penny Morrell
(Marlene Barlow)
Claire Gordon
(Peggy - Girl in Bar)
Julie Shearing
(WRN Smith)
Sheila Hancock
(Doris)
Rosamund Lesley
(Peggy)
Frank Williams
(Mr. Carruthers)
Johnny Briggs
(Johnny Nolan)
John Arnatt
(Briggs (uncredited))
Keith Peacock
(Sailor (uncredited))
