The Bulldog Breed (1960)
Comedy
Overview
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
Cast
- Norman Wisdom as Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle
- Ian Hunter as Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth
- David Lodge as Chief Petty Officer Knowles
- Robert Urquhart as Commander Clayton
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Philpots
- Eddie Byrne as Petty Officer Filkins
- Peter Jones as Diving Instructor
- John Le Mesurier as Prosecuting Counsel
- Terence Alexander as Defending Counsel
- Sydney Tafler as Speedboat Owner