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.
Genres:
Norman Wisdom as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
Ian Hunter as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
David Lodge as Chief Petty Officer Knowles
Robert Urquhart as Commander Clayton
Edward Chapman as Mr. Philpots
Eddie Byrne as Petty Officer Filkins
Peter Jones as Diving Instructor
John Le Mesurier as Prosecuting Counsel
Terence Alexander as Defending Counsel
Sydney Tafler as Speedboat Owner
Brian Oulton as Bert Ainsworth
Harold Goodwin as Streaky Hopkinson
Johnny Briggs as Johnny Nolan
Frank Williams as Mr. Carruthers
Joe Robinson as Tall Sailor
Liz Fraser as NAAFI Girl
Penny Morrell as Miss Marlene Barlow
Claire Gordon as Blonde on Yacht
Julie Shearing as WRN Smith
Bosun as Bosun the Dog
John Arnatt as Briggs (uncredited)
John Bailey as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Alan Beaton as Commander (uncredited)
Michael Caine as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff as Sailor (uncredited)
Tony Castleton as Sailor (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain as Jimmy (uncredited)
Bill Cummings as Sailor (uncredited)
Roland Curram as Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
Larry Dann as New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)
Robert Desmond as Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)
Vince Fleming as Sailor (uncredited)
Chick Fowles as Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Tex Fuller as Sailor (uncredited)
Sheila Hancock as Doris (uncredited)
Imogen Hassall as Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Glyn Houston as Gym Instructor (uncredited)
Roy Lansford as Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Rosamund Lesley as Peggy (uncredited)
Philip Locke as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Keith Peacock as Sailor (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips as Audience Member (uncredited)
Bryan Pringle as Physical Training Instructor (uncredited)
Fred Real as Commander (uncredited)
Oliver Reed as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
William Roache as Space Centre Operator (uncredited)
Leonard Sachs as Yachtsman (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar as Instructor's Assistant (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes as Sailor (uncredited)
Anne Scott as Polynesian Girl (uncredited)
John Tatham as Naval Officer (uncredited)
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