Film

The Baby and the Battleship

1956 · 1h 36m · Comedy

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

IMDb

5.4

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.

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

• Jay LewisDirector · Screenplay
• Gilbert Hackforth-JonesScreenplay
• Richard De RoyScreenplay · Story
• Anthony ThorneNovel
• Antony DarnboroughProducer
• Harry WaxmanDirector of Photography
• Manuel del CampoEditor

Release date

June 1, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Comedy

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