The Baby and the Battleship
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- Runtime
- 96 mins
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Cast
- John Mills
- Richard Attenborough
- André Morell
- Bryan Forbes
- Michael Hordern
- Ernest Clark
- Harry Locke
- Michael Howard
- Lionel Jeffries
- Clifford Mollison
- John Le Mesurier
- Ferdy Mayne
- Kenneth Griffith
- Gordon Jackson
- Martyn Garrett
- Lisa Gastoni
- Norma Donaldson
- Thorley Walters
- Duncan Lamont
- Cyril Raymond
- Harold Siddons
- D.A. Clarke-Smith
- Carlo Giustini
- Vincent Barbi
- Vittorio Vittori
- Chris Adcock
- Patrick Allen
- Robert Ayres
- Vincent Ball
- Rebecca Birken
- Aza Caralova
- Patrick Cargill
- Tony Castleton
- Leigh Christian
- Dan Cressey
- Michael Dear
- Jacinta Dicks
- John Forbes-Robertson
- Barry Foster
- Jim Henderson
- Brandon Jones
- Sam Kydd
- Lori Lethin
- Harrigan Logan
- Charles Lucia
- Fred Machon
- Colin McKenzie
- Niles McMaster
- Martin Miller
- Fred Nicholas
- Judith Penrod
- Roy Purcell
- Yvonne Romain
- Marc Sheldon
Director
- Jay Lewis
Producers
- Antony Darnborough
Screenwriter
- Jay Lewis
- Gilbert Hackforth-Jones
- Richard De Roy
