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Why Sailors Leave Home

Sep 1, 1930 · 1h 11m
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Comedy

PLOT

When their ship arrives in an Arabian port, the sailors are given shore leave among them Bill Biggles, who has previously had little success with women. Visiting a sheik who has long been under obligation to him, Bill is welcomed at the palace, and the polygamous ruler, who has abducted a damsel, decides to absent himself and appoint Bill as his deputy. It seems Bill's luck is set to change dramatically until the wives decide to go on strike!

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CAST

Leslie Fuller
Bill Biggles
Peter Bernard
George
Eve Gray
Slave Girl
Gladys Cruickshank
Slave Girl
Dmitri Vetter
Multhasa
Frank Melroyd
Captain
Syd Courtenay
Sheik Sidi Ben
Lola Harvey
Maya
Directed by Monty Banks

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
British International Pictures
Country
GB
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