

The Bulldog Breed(1960)
"From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!"
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.
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Norman Wisdom
Ordinary Seaman Norman Puckle

Ian Hunter
Admiral Sir Bryanston Blyth

David Lodge
Chief Petty Officer Knowles

Robert Urquhart
Commander Clayton

Edward Chapman
Mr. Philpots

Eddie Byrne
Petty Officer Filkins

Peter Jones
Diving Instructor

John Le Mesurier
Prosecuting Counsel

Terence Alexander
Defending Counsel

Sydney Tafler
Speedboat Owner

Brian Oulton
Bert Ainsworth

Harold Goodwin
Streaky Hopkinson

Johnny Briggs
Johnny Nolan

Frank Williams
Mr. Carruthers

Joe Robinson
Tall Sailor

Liz Fraser
NAAFI Girl

Penny Morrell
Miss Marlene Barlow

Claire Gordon
Blonde on Yacht
Julie Shearing
WRN Smith
Bosun
Bosun the Dog

John Arnatt
Briggs (uncredited)
John Bailey
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Alan Beaton
Commander (uncredited)

Michael Caine
Sailor in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Rodney Cardiff
Sailor (uncredited)
Tony Castleton
Sailor (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain
Jimmy (uncredited)
Bill Cummings
Sailor (uncredited)

Roland Curram
Control Room Radio Operator (uncredited)

Larry Dann
New Dalton's Boy (uncredited)

Robert Desmond
Sailor on Bridge of Warship (uncredited)
Chick Fowles
Man in Cinema Queue (uncredited)
Tex Fuller
Sailor (uncredited)

Sheila Hancock
Doris (uncredited)

Imogen Hassall
Girl in Cinema Queue (uncredited)

Glyn Houston
Gym Instructor (uncredited)

Roy Lansford
Prisoner Escort (uncredited)
Rosamund Lesley
Peggy (uncredited)

Philip Locke
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)
Keith Peacock
Sailor (uncredited)
Geremy Phillips
Audience Member (uncredited)

Bryan Pringle
Physical Training Instructor (uncredited)
Fred Real
Commander (uncredited)

Oliver Reed
Teddy Boy in Cinema Fight (uncredited)

William Roache
Space Centre Operator (uncredited)

Leonard Sachs
Yachtsman (uncredited)
Anthony Sagar
Instructor's Assistant (uncredited)
Arnold Schulkes
Sailor (uncredited)
Anne Scott
Polynesian Girl (uncredited)
John Tatham
Naval Officer (uncredited)
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