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.
as Norman
as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
as Chief Petty Officer Knowles
as Prosecuting counsel
as Defending Counsel
as Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
as Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
as Cmdr. Clayton
as Mr. Philpots
as NAAFI Girl
as Marlene Barlow
as Peggy - Girl in Bar
as WRN Smith
as Doris
as Peggy
as Mr. Carruthers
as Johnny Nolan
as Briggs (uncredited)
as Sailor (uncredited)
as Petty Officer Filkins
as Diving Instructor
as Speedboat Owner
as Bert Ainsworth
as Streaky Hopkinson
as Mr Carruthers
as Tall Sailor
as PTI (uncredited)
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