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The Baby and the Battleship

It all starts when a sailor's left holding the baby!
Jun 1, 1956 · 1h 36m
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Comedy

PLOT

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.

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CAST

John Mills
Puncher Roberts
Richard Attenborough
Knocker White
André Morell
Marshal
Bryan Forbes
Prof. Evans
Michael Hordern
Capt. Hugh
Ernest Clark
Cmdr. Geoffrey Digby
Harry Locke
CPO Blades
Michael Howard
Joe
Directed by Jay Lewis

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
British Lion Film Corporation, Jay Lewis Productions
Country
US

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