Film
The Baby and the Battleship
United Kingdom- Director
- Jay Lewis
- Year
- 1956
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.
Top 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
Lionel Jeffries
George
Clifford Mollison
Sails
John Le Mesurier
The Marshal’s Aide
Ferdy Mayne
Interpreter
Kenneth Griffith
Sub-Lieutenant
Gordon Jackson
Harry
Martyn Garrett
The baby
Lisa Gastoni
Maria Vespucci
Norma Donaldson
Dr. Bryce
Thorley Walters
Lt. Setley
Directed by
Jay Lewis
Written by
Jay Lewis, Gilbert Hackforth-Jones, Richard De Roy
Produced by
Antony Darnborough
