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The Baby and the Battleship

The Baby and the Battleship

★ 6.4/10•1956•1h 36m•Comedy

It all starts when a sailor's left holding the baby!

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.

Jay Lewis · Director

Jay Lewis · Screenplay

Gilbert Hackforth-Jones · Screenplay

Richard De Roy · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 36m
LanguageEN
Release DateJun 1, 1956

Actors

John Mills

John Mills

Puncher Roberts

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Knocker White

André Morell

André Morell

Marshal

Bryan Forbes

Bryan Forbes

Prof. Evans

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Capt. Hugh

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby

Harry Locke

Harry Locke

CPO Blades

Michael Howard

Joe

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

George

Clifford Mollison

Clifford Mollison

Sails

John Le Mesurier

John Le Mesurier

The Marshal’s Aide

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

Interpreter

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Sub-Lieutenant

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Harry

Martyn Garrett

The baby

Lisa Gastoni

Lisa Gastoni

Maria Vespucci

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