15 reviews
Comedy
1h 37m
1960
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...

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.
- DirectorRobert Asher
- Release13 December 1960
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 37m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate15 reviews
- Productions
The Rank Organisation
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

Sheila Hancock
Doris

Frank Williams
Mr. Carruthers

Johnny Briggs
Johnny Nolan

John Arnatt
Briggs (uncredited)
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