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The Bulldog Breed

1960 · 1h 37m · Comedy · United Kingdom · Rated PG (GB)

From The Army's Funniest Private...To The Navy's Most Riotous Seaman!

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.

Directed by
Robert Asher
Written by
Jack Davies, Henry Blyth, Norman Wisdom
Starring
Norman Wisdom, Ian Hunter, David Lodge, Robert Urquhart
6.0Smart score

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RatingPG (GB)

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