The Bulldog Breed
From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!
1960 · 1h 37m · N/A
Comedy
Directed by
Robert Asher
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The Bulldog Breed
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Asher Director
- Norman Wisdom as Norman
- Ian Hunter as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
- David Lodge as Chief Petty Officer Knowles
- John Le Mesurier as Prosecuting counsel
- Robert Urquhart as Commander Clayton
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Philpots
- Eddie Byrne as Petty Officer Filkins
- Peter Jones as Diving Instructor
- Terence Alexander Cast
- Sydney Tafler Cast
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