Robert Asher (Director) · Norman Wisdom (Screenplay) · Jack Davies (Screenplay) · Henry Blyth (Screenplay)
Norman Wisdom
Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
Ian Hunter
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
David Lodge
Chief Petty Officer Knowles
Robert Urquhart
Commander Clayton
Edward Chapman
Mr. Philpots
Eddie Byrne
Petty Officer Filkins
Peter Jones
Diving Instructor
John Le Mesurier
Prosecuting Counsel
Terence Alexander
Defending Counsel
Sydney Tafler
Speedboat Owner
Brian Oulton
Bert Ainsworth
Harold Goodwin
Streaky Hopkinson
Johnny Briggs
Johnny Nolan
Frank Williams
Mr. Carruthers
Joe Robinson
Tall Sailor
Liz Fraser
NAAFI Girl
Penny Morrell
Miss Marlene Barlow
Claire Gordon
Blonde on Yacht
Julie Shearing
WRN Smith
Bosun
Bosun the Dog
John Arnatt
Briggs (uncredited)
John Bailey
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
Commander (uncredited)
Michael Caine
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff
Sailor (uncredited)
Tony Castleton
Sailor (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Jimmy (uncredited)
Bill Cummings
Sailor (uncredited)
Roland Curram
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)
Larry Dann
New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)
Robert Desmond
Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Tex Fuller
Sailor (uncredited)
Sheila Hancock
Doris (uncredited)
Imogen Hassall
Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Glyn Houston
Gym Instructor (uncredited)
Roy Lansford
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Rosamund Lesley
Peggy (uncredited)
Philip Locke
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Keith Peacock
Sailor (uncredited)
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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.
