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The Baby and the Battleship

6.0 96 mins Comedy   1956
British Lion Film Corporation   Jay Lewis Productions  
Director(s): Jay Lewis

Release Date: 01 Fri, Jun 1956

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.

Casts of The Baby and the Battleship

John Mills

as Puncher Roberts

Richard Attenborough

as Knocker White

André Morell

as Marshal

Bryan Forbes

as Prof. Evans

Michael Hordern

as Capt. Hugh

Ernest Clark

as Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby

Harry Locke

as CPO Blades

Lionel Jeffries

as George

John Le Mesurier

as The Marshal’s Aide

Ferdy Mayne

as Interpreter

Kenneth Griffith

as Sub-Lieutenant

Gordon Jackson

as Harry

Martyn Garrett

as The baby

Lisa Gastoni

as Maria Vespucci

Norma Donaldson

as Dr. Bryce

Thorley Walters

as Lt. Setley

Duncan Lamont

as Master-at-Arms

Cyril Raymond

as P.M.O.

Harold Siddons

as Whiskers

D.A. Clarke-Smith

as The Admiral

Carlo Giustini

as First Vespucci Brother

Vincent Barbi

as Second Vespucci Brother

Vittorio Vittori

as Third Vespucci Brother

Chris Adcock

as Seaman

Patrick Allen

as Mate

Robert Ayres

as American Captain

Vincent Ball

as Second Sailor at Dance

Rebecca Birken

as Ginny

Aza Caralova

as Lady at Dance

Patrick Cargill

as Navigation Officer

Tony Castleton

as Seaman

Leigh Christian

as Marilyn

Dan Cressey

as Officer

Michael Dear

as S.B.A. Nightingale

Jacinta Dicks

as Mama Vespucci

John Forbes-Robertson

as Gunnery Officer

Barry Foster

as First Sailor at Dance

Jim Henderson

as Bartender

Brandon Jones

as Bobby

Sam Kydd

as Chief Steward

Charles Lucia

as Rick

Fred Machon

as Officer

Colin McKenzie

as Officer in Plotting Room

Niles McMaster

as Derek

Martin Miller

as Paolo Vespucci

Fred Nicholas

as Officer

Judith Penrod

as Chariene

Roy Purcell

as Officer of the Watch

Yvonne Romain

as Italian Girl

Marc Sheldon

as Executive Officer

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